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LADIES CATHOLIC BENEVOLENT SOCIETY
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An afternoon get-together in 1922 at UNION PARK.Photo courtesy: Telegraph Herald
LADIES CATHOLIC BENEVOLENT SOCIETY. Social organization founded in 1892 by the Most Reverend John HENNESSY. The organization is believed to be the earliest organized women's group in Iowa.