Still not going away

Anna Ella Carroll, 1815-1894

I've been reading a biography/hagiography of the lady on the left, but it's hard to get enthusiastic about someone who wrote a book called The Great American Battle, or, The Contest Between Christianity and Political Romanism.

Look, I'm glad she turned her talents to better things, like saving the Union. And if it's true the U.S. government promised to pay her for some of her work and didn't deliver, that was shabby.

Still, I hope at some point, some well-placed Catholic (Ellen Sherman? Or just one of Anna's own Catholic relatives) made sure to tell her "You may as well get used to us, we're not going away."