John A. Ryan

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name = John A. Ryan


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birth_date = May 25, 1868
birth_place = Vermillion, Minnesota
death_date = September 16, 1945
death_place = St. Paul, Minnesota
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nationality = United States
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citizenship = United States
other_names = Right Reverend New Deal
known_for = living wage,
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title = Monsignor
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religion = Roman Catholic
parents = William Ryan, Mary Luby
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Monsignor John A Ryan(1868-1945) was a Catholic economist and social justice theorist. [cite journal |title=Msgr. John A. Ryan, Economist, 76, Dies |journal=New York Times |year=1945 |issue=Septmber 17 |format=obituary |url=http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F70816FA345F1B7B93C5A81782D85F418485F9&scp=1&sq=%22John%20A.%20Ryan%22&st=cse |accessdate=2008-08-02]

Birth and Early Life

He was born May 25, 1869 in Vermillion, Minnesota to parents who had immigrated from Ireland. He founded the Catholic Association for International Peace in 1927.

Child Labor Amendment

He was a noted supporter of the failed Child Labor Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, even though he was opposed by the powerful Archbishop of Boston, Cardinal William O'Connell. [cite web |last=Turrini |first=Joseph M. |title=Catholic Social Reform and the New Deal. |url=http://www.archives.gov/nhprc/annotation/march-2002/catholic-social-reform.html |accessdate=2008-08-02]

Books and Publications

* Ryan, John A. "A Living Wage" Mcmillan, New York 1906 OCLC 39046728
* Ryan, John A. "Distributive Justice- The Right and Wrong of our Present Distribution of Wealth". Macmillan, New York. 1916

Biographies

Legacy and Memorials

* John A. Ryan Institute for Catholic Social Thought at Center for Catholic Studies (University of St. Thomas).

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