gilded age

The story of Katharine Drexel, a Gilded Age heiress, who became a Catholic nun, gave away all her wealth, and selflessly worked for the welfare and rights of Native Americans and African Americans. Mother Katharine died in 1955 and was canonized as a saint in the Roman Catholic Church in 2000.

Explores the story of American musical life during the Gilded Age which began in the 1870s, discussing orchestras and concert music, grand opera, church music, amateurs and entrepreneurs, and critics, composers, and conservatories.

Traces the history of the criminal justice system in the United States from the sixteenth century to the early twenty-first; featuring primary sources such as newspaper accounts, eyewitness testimonies, and trial transcripts; and including chronologies, photographs, and discussion on important themes, people, issues, and events.