Conway, Katherine Eleanor
Conway, Katherine Eleanor
Journalist and author, born Rochester, New York, 1852 ; died Boston , Massachusetts, 1927 . Joining the staff of the Boston “Pilot,” in 1883 , she served as associate editor, 1890 -1905 , and as managing editor, 1905 -1908 . From 1908-1915 she was managing editor of “The Republic,” of Boston , and from 1911 -1915 a professor at Saint Mary’s College, Indiana. She was awarded the Ltare Medal by the University of Notre Dame, in 1907 , and the papal decoration, “Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice,” by Pius X, in 1912 . Among her books are “The Christian Gentlewoman,” “New Footsteps in Well-Trodden Ways,” “Watchwords from Johu Boyle O’Reilly,” “Fifty Years with Christ the Good Shepherd,” and several volumes of poetry, including “A Dream of Lilies” and “The Color of Life.”