Holy Names Sisters: Women on a Mission

Pierce v. Society of Sisters

September 14, 2021 SNJM Season 1 Episode 3
Holy Names Sisters: Women on a Mission
Pierce v. Society of Sisters
Show Notes

Sister Carol Higgins shares the Sisters’ history as educators in Oregon in the early 20th century and their work against the Ku Klux Klan. Oregon’s Compulsory School Act of 1922 led the Sisters to the Supreme Court to defend themselves, parents’ rights and the 14th Amendment in the landmark case Pierce v. Society of Sisters in 1925.