Cardinal Knowledge

This is the story of Shannon Lahey and the people whose lives become intertwined with hers. Her heroic journey is that of a 19th century woman with 21st century aspirations and sense of self. Her early struggles for professional recognition as mathematics professor of Cambridge University are rebuffed when her gender is discovered. She accepts a position at an abolitionist college in frontier Kentucky, directed by Father LeFonde, a Jesuit.

This second effort is destroyed by the Friends of Di...