Friendly Sons of St. Patrick

Anne Anderson Becomes First Female Member of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick

By R. Bryan Willits, Editorial Assistant
April / May 2016

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Irish Ambassador Anne Anderson became the first women to be inducted into the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick, an organization that has had an exclusively male membership since it was founded in Philadelphia in 1771. Twenty other women were also admitted as members at the Friendly Son’s 245th Annual St. Patrick’s Day Gala on Saturday, March 12. Anderson’s inclusion is also special … [Read more...] about Anne Anderson Becomes First Female Member of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick

Weekly Comment:
Anne Anderson’s Remarks
on her Induction to the
Friendly Sons of St. Patrick

By Irish America Staff
March 18, 2016

March 18, 2016 by By Irish America Staff<br/>March 18, 2016 Leave a Comment

Irish Ambassador Anne Anderson became the first women ever to be inducted into the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick last weekend, an organization that has had an exclusively male membership since it was founded in Philadelphia in 1771. Twenty other women were also given full membership at the Friendly Son’s 245th Annual St. Patrick’s Day Gala. Anderson’s inclusion is also special … [Read more...] about Weekly Comment:
Anne Anderson’s Remarks
on her Induction to the
Friendly Sons of St. Patrick