Image 3: "Protest against the actions of church officials against Sister Agnes Mary Mansour," 1983

by Mary Henold

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Image 3: Photograph, "Protest against the actions of church officials against Sister Agnes Mary Mansour," 1983, GARW #1995-159, Archives of the University of Notre Dame, Hesburgh Library, Notre Dame, Indiana. Included in How Did Catholic Women Participate in the Rebirth of American Feminism?, by Mary Henold. (Binghamton, NY: State University of New York at Binghamton, 2005).

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Image 3: Photograph, "Protest against the actions of church officials against Sister Agnes Mary Mansour," 1983, GARW #1995-159, Archives of the University of Notre Dame, Hesburgh Library, Notre Dame, Indiana.

Supporters of Sister Agnes Mary Mansour gather to protest the actions of church officials. Because
Mansour refused to condemn state-funded abortions, she was forced by Vatican officials to choose
between her appointment as Michigan's Director of Social Services, and her life as a Sister of Mercy.
She ultimately chose to retain her government position.