Ruth F. Brin
Ruth F. Brin helped transform modern prayer with her evocative writing, translation, and poetry. Brin began writing liturgical poetry in the 1950s, using vivid imagery from her own experience and...
View ArticleFelice Cohn
Felice Cohn was one of Nevada’s first women lawyers and the fourth woman permitted to argue before the US Supreme Court. Cohn was admitted to the Nevada Bar in 1902, at age eighteen, and was admitted...
View ArticleFrances Allen de Ford
Doctor Frances Allen de Ford pioneered hygiene initiatives in the malaria-ridden, working-class Kensington district of Philadelphia. De Ford was raised in a philanthropic family with a tradition of...
View ArticleNaomi Deutsch
A leader in the field of public health nursing, Naomi Deutch spearheaded health and sanitation campaigns in the US, Central America, and the Caribbean. Deutch earned degrees from the Jewish Hospital...
View ArticleEllen, Bonnie, Heather, and Sylvie write home from Freedom Summer
Heather Booth playing guitar for Fannie Lou Hamer during the Freedom Summer Project in Mississippi, 1964. Photo credit: Wallace Roberts. Permission to use granted by Heather Booth.August 12, 1964“This...
View ArticleDeath of Carolyn Goodman, not just a Jewish mother
Photo: Andrew Goodman Foundation.August 17, 2007“[Carolyn Goodman] deserves even more to be remembered for her own part as a role model, not just as a Jewish mother, but as an activist and as a force...
View ArticleMary Belle Grossman
Mary Belle Grossman made history in 1918 as one of the first two women admitted to the American Bar Association, then dedicated her career to protecting women. Grossman decided to become a lawyer while...
View ArticleIda Espen Guggenheimer
Ida Espen Guggenheimer supported Zionism, civil rights, and feminism throughout her life, from hosting talks on birth control to supporting political prisoners. Guggenheimer raised funds to help...
View ArticleJanet Harris
Janet Simons Harris shepherded the National Council of Jewish Women through one of the most divisive times in its history and led both national and international efforts for women’s rights. Harris...
View ArticleBertha Beitman Herzog
Bertha Beitman Herzog’s leadership of women’s organizations in Cleveland created a safety net for women and children throughout the region. Herzog moved to Cleveland Heights, Ohio in 1900, shortly...
View ArticleRhoda Kaufman
Rhoda Kaufman helped create social welfare organizations throughout Georgia and overcame prejudice against her religion and gender to become one of the most respected social reformers in the country....
View ArticleAnna Moscowitz Kross
Anna Moscowitz Kross helped reform the New York prison system by curbing abuses and offering felons chances to train in new skills. Moskowitz graduated from NYU law school in 1910 but had to wait to...
View ArticleSarah Kussy
With seemingly limitless energy, Sarah Kussy helped found and lead a variety of major Jewish organizations like Hadassah, the United Synagogue’s Women’s League, and Young Judea. In 1906 Kussy became...
View ArticleAdele Lewisohn Lehman
Adele Lewisohn Lehman’s career as a philanthropist and organizational leader spanned both the Jewish community and the secular world. Married to investment banker Arthur Lehman of Lehman Brothers in...
View ArticleJennie Davidson Levitt
Jennie Davidson Levitt continued her family’s tradition of activism and philanthropy with her work for Jewish organizations, including resettling Jewish refugees during and after WWII. Levitt’s father,...
View ArticleRuth Lewinson
Ruth Lewinson, one of the first female Jewish lawyers in America, both worked in private practice and gave public lectures on practical law to help people better navigate the legal system. Lewinson...
View ArticleClara Lipman
Clara Lipman based her long and successful career as an actress and playwright on her ingénue performances and her gift for light comedy. Lipman made her New York debut in 1885 in The Rat Catcher...
View ArticleAnna Margolin
Under the name Anna Margolin, Rosa Lebensboim wrote what critics called some of the finest Yiddish poetry of the earliest twentieth century. In 1906 Margolin immigrated to New York, where she met the...
View ArticlePearl Bernstein Max
Pearl Bernstein Max directed the staggering work of fusing four different colleges—City, Hunter, Brooklyn, and Queens—into the City University of New York. Max studied history and political science at...
View ArticleMaud Nathan
After her daughter’s death, Maud Nathan battled grief by throwing herself into social justice work, transforming herself from a simple society wife to influential social reformer. Nathan, a member of...
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