Agatha Rossetti Hessley papers, 1970-1993.

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Agatha Rossetti Hessley papers, 1970-1993.

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The papers of Agatha Rossetti Hessley consist of letters written to her daughter, Rita K. Hessley, and document Hessley family events. Many of these letters contain Agatha's views on subjects including politics, current scientific research, and the Catholic Church. News clippings are often included with the letters.

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Loyola University of Chicago. Women and Leadership Archives.

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Hessley family

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Hessley, Rita K. (Rita Kathleen)

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Hessley, Agatha Rossetti, 1906-1994.

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Born April 14, 19906, died May 31, 1994. Homemaker. Agatha Rossetti Hessley was born April 14, 1906, the eldest of four children of immigrant Italian parents. She lived with her family in Sheffield, Pennsylvania. When she was 9, her mother died. Agatha became surrogate mother to her younger sister and brothers. Although busy raising her siblings, she graduated as valedictorian of her high school class in 1924. She won a partial scholarship to Penn State but was unable to go to college because he...