Jewish Women "On the Map"

Emma Goldman Clinic - Iowa City IA

lberkenwald — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 18:50:43 +0000

The Emma Goldman Clinic is named for Emma Goldman, Woman of Valor who fought for women's sexual autonomy and access to birth control.

Home of Pearl Hart, "Guardian Angel of Chicago's Gay Community" - Chicago IL

sbenson — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 14:42:12 +0000

Pearl M.

Home of Miriam Solomon - Helena AR

ekrothman — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 19:17:37 +0000

Town where Miriam Solomon and her husband David grew up and returned to after college and WWII, helping to keep alive a small, southern Jewish commun

Vienna, Austria - Vienna

Wed, 21 Sep 2011 12:05:39 +0000

The town house in Liechtensteinstraße 51, built in 1876/77 by Ludwig Tischler, was home to the Szeps family.

9to5 National Office - Buffalo NY

ekrothman — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 20:16:45 +0000

Led by two jewish women, in 1973, a group of office workers in Boston got together to talk about issues which had no names, sexual harassment, work/family challenges, and pay equity.

Ship Island - Ship Island MS

lberkenwald — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 14:10:03 +0000

Eugenia Levy Phillips was, like many Southern Jews during the Civil War, a strong supporter of the Confederate cause.

Frances Stern Nutrition Center - Boston MA

lberkenwald — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 13:52:28 +0000

The Frances Stern Nutrition Center was founded by Frances Stern in 1918 as a Food Clinic under the Boston Dispensary.

Jewish Women's Archive - Current Office - Brookline MA

sbenson — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 20:42:38 +0000

Founded in 1995, the Jewish Women's Archive changed the way we understand the past and ensured a more inclusive future by committing to uncover, chronicle, and transmit to a broad public the rich h

Jewish Historical Society of the Upper Midwest - St. Louis Park MN

Mon, 08 Aug 2011 15:06:39 +0000

The Jewish Historical Society of the Upper Midwest (JHSUM) is the leading organization in the Upper Midwest dedicated to telling the story of 150 years of Jewish history in the region.

Jamaica, NY, Home of Hebrew Calligrapher Lili Wronker - Jamaica NY

adavidow — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 23:40:33 +0000

For decades this was the home of calligrapher Lili Cassel Wronker. When Jewish children in Germany were forbidden to attend school in Germany in 1933, her parents sent her to the UK.

Statue of Liberty - Emma Lazarus' poem "The New Colossus" - New York City NY

sbenson — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 17:10:35 +0000

Heralded as the eighth wonder of the world when erected in 1886, "Liberty Enlightening the World" by sculptor Frederic Auguste Bartholdi was the tallest structure in the City and the tallest statue

Wilkes-Barre General Hospital - Miriam Miller studied here - Wilkes-Barre PA

sbenson — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 16:43:41 +0000

Although her parents felt that military nursing "wasn't the life for a nice Jewish girl," Miriam Miller enlisted in the WAVES (Women Accepted for Voluntary Emergency Service) during World War II, s

Girl's Commercial High School - Anne Klein studied here - Brooklyn NY

sbenson — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 16:17:06 +0000

Anne Klein honed her design skills at this school in 1940. Born Hannah Golofski in Brooklyn on August 3, 1923, she found work in the garment industry directly out of high school. W

Hebrew Literary Society founded by Hennrietta Szold - Baltimore MD

sbenson — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 19:10:15 +0000

On North Gay Street near its intersection with North Front Street, Henrietta Szold founded the Hebrew Literary Society an

Olympisch Stadion, where women first competed in track and field - Amsterdam

sbenson — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 18:49:43 +0000

Canadian Fanny "Bobbie" Rosenfeld won an Olympic silver medal here in the 100-meter race on July 31, 1928. She was later named Canada’s woman athlete of the first half-century in 1950.

Town where writer Gertrude Stein died - Neuilly-sur-Seine

sbenson — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 17:17:30 +0000

The American modernist writer Gertrude Stein died here on July 27, 1946 at the American Hospital.

Beth Israel Congregation of Chester County - Chester Springs PA

sbenson — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 21:03:48 +0000

Reconstructionist rabbi Linda Joy Holtzman was appointed the spiritual leader of Beth Israel Congregation in its original location in Coatesville, PA, on August 1, 1979.

Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum - Los Angeles CA

sbenson — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 20:16:25 +0000

At this site on August 2, 1932, Lillian Copeland set new world and Olympic records in discus, with a throw of 133 feet, 1 5/8 inc

Snitow-Kaufman Productions, Producers of "Blacks and Jews" - Berkeley CA

sbenson — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 19:58:09 +0000

The documentary film Blacks and Jews, written and directed by Deborah Kaufman and Alan Snitow, was aired on PBS on July 29,

South Fort George - Prince George BC

Thu, 14 Jul 2011 18:41:12 +0000

Hannah Director and her husband Isidor moved to South Fort George in 1913.

Neighbourhood House - Vancouver BC

Thu, 14 Jul 2011 18:03:10 +0000

The National Council of Jewish Women was founded in 1924. The council operated out of their Neighbourhood House which can still be found in the heart of the Strathcona district of Vancouver.

Home of Julie Rosewald, first cantor, SF, 1870s - San Francisco CA

adavidow — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 17:31:06 +0000

Julie Rosewald lived at this location, prior to the San Francsico earthquake. A famous opera star, Rosewald retired to California with her husband to teach at nearby Mills College.

Woolworth's Lunch Counter - Greensboro NC

Tue, 12 Jul 2011 17:26:10 +0000

Sitting for Justice: Woolworth’s Lunch Counter

Kippenheim - Birthplace of Archivist Selma Stern-Taeubler - Kippenheim

sbenson — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 17:30:28 +0000

Founding director of the American Jewish Archives Selma Stern-Taeubler was born here on July 24, 1890. The first girl accepted to her local school, she graduated with honors in 1908.

Cincinnati birthplace of Theda Bara - Cincinnati OH

sbenson — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 15:50:58 +0000

Theodosia Goodman was born here on July 22, 1890. After moving to New York, she became Theda Bara, an overnight sensation whe

Connecticut College - New London CT

sbenson — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 19:18:32 +0000

In 1962 Selma Jean Cohen began to teach dance history at the American Dance Festival at Conn

College of Mount St. Vincent - Riverdale NY

sbenson — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 18:42:52 +0000

In 1973, Blu Greenberg, then an instructor in history at Mount St.

Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center - Nashville TN

sbenson — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 18:19:53 +0000

At Hadassah's annual convention at this site on July 25, 2006, Blu Greenberg, best known for her work on behalf of feminism with

JWI's International Conference on Domestic Violence in the Jewish Community - Baltimore MD

sbenson — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 18:09:48 +0000

Jewish Women International's (JWI) first-ever international conference on domestic violence in the Jewish community began here on July 20, 2003.

CHANA (Counseling Helpline and Aid Network f

Bryn Mawr College - Bryn Mawr PA

sbenson — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 17:56:54 +0000

In 1922, Rose Pesotta completed the program at the Bryn Mawr Summer School for Workers. She was later elected as one of the firs

Congregation Emanu-El - Victoria BC

Wed, 29 Jun 2011 21:48:47 +0000

Mrs Alice Mallek (b. 1885 - d. 1979) lived in Victoria from 1913 onwards. Alice became president of the Congregation of Emanu-El making her the first woman to hold such a position in Canada.

Flotill Products Cannery - Stockton CA

sbenson — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 19:58:12 +0000

On July 13, 1935, her 34th birthday, Tillie Lewis opened the first Flotill cannery for tomato products in Stockton, California.

New York World Building - New York City NY

sbenson — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 19:42:22 +0000

Emma Goldman's personal manifesto, "What I Believe," was published by the New York World on this site on July 19, 1908.

Sarah Lawrence College - Bronxvile NY

sbenson — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 19:18:55 +0000

In the summer of 1979, a fifteen-day conference (July 13-29), co-sponsored by Sarah Lawrence, the Women's Action Alliance and the Smithsonian Institution, was held at Sarah Lawrence College.

New Yorker Hotel - New York City NY

sbenson — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 18:56:09 +0000

At a meeting in this hotel on July 16, 1936, Rose Schneiderman was elected vice chairman of the New York State Labor Party.

Museum of Fine Arts - Boston MA

sbenson — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 18:36:58 +0000

In the summer of 2010, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston received an unexpected bequest to endow a Curatorship for Judaica and increase its small but significant collection of Jewish art objects.&nbs

Cotton Club - New York City NY

sbenson — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 17:18:13 +0000

This was the original site of the legendary Cotton Club, opened in 1920. During its heyday, it served as a chic meeting spot in the heart of Harlem and was host to jazz musicians and notable

Katz's Delicatessen - New York City NY

sbenson — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 16:39:47 +0000

Katz's Deli is the setting for the most famous scene in Nora Ephron's film When Harry Met Sally. At the end of

Jewish Home for the Aging - Reseda CA

sbenson — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 16:07:41 +0000

Clara Lemlich Shavelson, noted labor activist and confirmed radical, died here on July 12, 1982. She was an infl

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission - Washington DC

sbenson — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 18:34:14 +0000

The U.S.

Rockland County - Rockland NY

sbenson — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 20:01:40 +0000

The July 10, 1948, edition of the New Yorker magazine included as its fiction selection Hortense Calisher's short story

Liz Lerman Dance Exchange - Takoma Park MD

sbenson — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 19:36:55 +0000

Since its founding in September 1976, Liz Lerman Dance Exchange has produced more than 100 innovative dance/theatre works, presented thousands

Battery Park - New York City NY

sbenson — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 19:23:17 +0000

As part of the celebrations of the centennial of the Statue of Liberty, Liz Lerman's Still Crossing was performed in Manhattan on July 11, 1986.

Frida Kahlo Museum - Coyoacan, Mexico - Coyoacan

sbenson — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 16:33:07 +0000

Frida Kahlo, well known for her striking self-portraits, her strong Mexican and feminist sensibilities, and her tumultuous passionate life, was born in Coyoacan, Mexico, on July 6, 1907.

Jewish Women on the Map - Mount Scopus - Concert Celebrating the End of teh Six Day War

sbenson — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 15:55:45 +0000

On July 9, 1967, mezzo-soprano Jennie Tourel joined Leonard Bernstein for a concert on Jerusalem's Mount Scopus to celebrate the end

Sioux City, Iowa - Birthplace of Twin Advice Columnists - Sioux City IA

sbenson — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 14:16:10 +0000

Esther Pauline Friedman Lederer and Pauline Esther Friedman Phillips

Drisha Institute for Jewish Education - New York NY

sbenson — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 16:11:13 +0000

Study at New York's Drisha Institute and a subsequent move to Jerusalem gave Haviva Ner-David a thorough education in Jewish law and the conviction that new roles and opportunities f

Molly Picon's Childhood Home - Philadelphia PA

sbenson — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 15:51:35 +0000

Molly Picon moved with her family to Nevada Street in Philadelphia before she was three.

Jewish Theological Seminary - New York NY

sbenson — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 15:34:26 +0000

After earning bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees from Harvard, Anne Lapidus Lerner joined the faculty of the Jewish The

Santa Cruz, CA - Home of Poet Adrienne Rich - Santa Cruz CA

sbenson — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 15:11:47 +0000

From her home in Santa Cruz on July 3, 1997, poet Adrienne Rich informed Jane Alexander, chair of the National Endowment for t

Harvard Law School - Cambridge MA

sbenson — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 13:50:49 +0000

The President and Fellows of Harvard University appointed Martha Minow Dean of the Law School on July 1, 2009. A founding member of the Jewish Women's Archive

Jefferson Hotel - Brithplace of NOW - Washington DC

sbenson — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 20:23:20 +0000

The foundation for the National Organization for Women (NOW), now the largest feminist organization in America, was laid in Washington, DC, at a meeting in read more

Cape May, NJ - 1922 Conference of American Rabbis - Cape May NJ

sbenson — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 19:33:37 +0000

On June 29, 1922, the Central Conference of American Rabbis (CCAR), the Reform movement's professional organization, meeting in Cape May, N.J., debated a resolution declaring that "women cannot jus

Barnard College - New York NY

sbenson — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 19:17:11 +0000

"For the first time in American economic life, the people are disturbed and frightened … There is something rotten in America; it is your job to lead the way out," read more

Samuel H. Scripps/American Dance Festival Award - Durham NC

sbenson — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 18:56:53 +0000

On June 23, 1997, Anna Halprin received the Samuel H.

Hanover Theatre - Worcester MA

sbenson — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 18:38:53 +0000

Loren Galler Rabinowitz: a gifted pianist, Bronze-medal winning ice skater, and poet who graduated from Harvard in 2010 with plans to pursue a career in medicine, won the Miss Massachusetts title i

Massachusetts State House - Boston MA

sbenson — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 18:28:06 +0000

From this spot, Annie Cohen Kopchovsky set out from Boston on June 25, 1894, to attempt a circumnavigation of the world by bicycle. On her way out of Boston, she hung a placard advertising Lo

amFAR - The Foundation for AIDS Research - New York NY

sbenson — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 17:38:44 +0000

Biologist Mathilde Krim is amfAR's Founding Chair and was, from 1990 through 2004, the chairman of its Board. In 1983, she

Carnegie Institution for Science - Washington DC

sbenson — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 16:02:22 +0000

Biochemist Maxine Frank Singer is the president emerita of the Carnegie Institution for Science and a founder of the read more

United Nations Headquarters - New York NY

sbenson — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 15:12:13 +0000

On this site on June 21, 2004, Human rights activist Felice Gaer gave a speech entitled "Unlearn

Jardin de Paris - New York NY

sbenson — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 18:00:34 +0000

Fanny Brice made her debut with the Zeigfeld Follies at the Jardin de Paris, the rooftop garden performing space atop the New York Theatre at this address on June 20, 1910. She appe

Wheaton College - Norton MA

EImber — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 20:11:53 +0000

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Edna Barrabee Grace (nee Colman) in her dorm room.

First Site of Henrietta Szold's Russian Night School - Baltimore MD

Thu, 26 May 2011 15:04:06 +0000

In 1889, Henrietta Szold, 29-year-old daughter of a prominent Baltimore rabbi, befriended a group of young Russian Jewish immigrants.

Middlebury College - Middlebury VT

sbenson — Tue, 24 May 2011 17:10:39 +0000

Sylvia Willard studied with a theatre professor at Middlebury College as a young girl. She learn

College of St. Joseph - Rutland VT

sbenson — Tue, 24 May 2011 17:01:01 +0000

Sylvia Willard, founder of the Vermont Actors' Repertory Theatre, taught drama at the read more

Vermont Actors' Repertory Theatre - Rutland VT

sbenson — Tue, 24 May 2011 16:28:14 +0000

Sylvia Willard began directing community productions in the 1950s, and by the 1970s she and several friends had founded the read more

Original Site of The Bureau for Contraceptive Advice - Baltimore MD

EKing — Mon, 23 May 2011 19:53:16 +0000

The Bureau for Contraceptive Advice was founded in 1927 and served as Maryland's first birth control clinic.

Jane Mendel and the Women’s Emergency Committee to Open Our Schools (WEC) - Little Rock AR

EKing — Mon, 23 May 2011 16:46:17 +0000

The Women's Emergency Committee to Open Our Schools (WEC) formed September 12, 1958 in response to the decision by Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus to close Pulaski County schools to avoid desegregat

Birthplace of Frances Rosenthal Kallison, 1908-2004 - Fort Worth TX

EKing — Thu, 19 May 2011 21:14:32 +0000

Frances Rosenthal Kallison was a true cowgirl and a pioneer of the Jewish community in Texas.

Annie Fisher Multi Magnet School - Hartford CT

EKing — Thu, 19 May 2011 18:55:33 +0000

An immigrant from Russia, Annie Fisher spent her adult life teaching in Hartford, CT.

Community Enterprises, Inc./Project AIM - Pittsfield MA

EImber — Thu, 19 May 2011 16:49:16 +0000

In 2006, social worker Caryn Surkes moved to Pittsfield, MA to began work as a case manager for Community Enterprises, Inc./Project Aim, a non-profit organization offering services to individuals w

Rutland Jewish Center - Rutland VT

EImber — Thu, 19 May 2011 16:20:51 +0000

At the age of 89, June Salander became the oldest woman at the Rutland Jewish Center in Rutland, VT ever to become a bat mitzvah.

Maryland Institute College of Art - Baltimore MD

EImber — Thu, 19 May 2011 15:24:36 +0000

The artist Amalie Rothschild graduated from the Maryland Institute College of Art in 1934 with a degree in commercial art and fashion illustration.

Princeton University - Princeton NJ

EImber — Wed, 18 May 2011 16:53:14 +0000

In 1968, sociologist Suzanne Keller became the first woman to be made a tenured professor at Princeton University. After receiving her Ph.D.

Site of the 1929 Loray Textile Mill Strike - Gastonia NC

EImber — Wed, 18 May 2011 16:20:43 +0000

In 1929, labor activist and communist Sophie Gerson traveled with fellow members of the Young Communist League to Gastonia, N.C.

Chicago Child Care Society - Chicago IL

EImber — Wed, 18 May 2011 15:46:13 +0000

Natalie Goldstein Heineman was the first woman to serve as president of the Chicago Child Care Society, the oldest existing child welfare organization

Congregation Beit Simchat Torah - New York NY

EImber — Wed, 18 May 2011 15:04:03 +0000

LGBT activist Gerry Faier was a longtime member of Congregation Beit Simchat Torah, the LGBT synagogue in New York City.

McGill University - Montreal QC

EImber — Wed, 18 May 2011 14:44:07 +0000

Neuroscientist Helen Mahut received her Ph.D. at McGill University in physiological and comparative psychology in 1955.

Louise Noun-Mary Louise Smith Iowa Women's Archives - Iowa City IA

EKing — Tue, 17 May 2011 20:47:47 +0000

Louise Rosenfield Noun was born in Des Moines, Iowa in 1908. After graduating from Grinnell College in 1929, she went on to earn a M.A. in Art History from Harvard in 1933.

Gravesite of Miriam Gratz Moses Cohen, niece of Rebecca Gratz - Savannah GA

Tue, 17 May 2011 20:23:28 +0000

Miriam Gratz Moses was born October 25, 1808, one of nine children born to Solomon Moses and Rachel Gratz.

Home of Frances Wisebart Jacobs - Denver CO

Tue, 17 May 2011 18:48:55 +0000

In 1863, at the age of twenty, Frances Wisebart Jacobs and her husband Abraham traveled by covered wagon from Cincinnati, OH to Central City in the Colorado Territory.

Long-time residence of Freeda Lewis Marks - Phoenix AZ

Tue, 17 May 2011 17:21:06 +0000

Born in Sellel, Russia in 1885, Freeda Lewis grew up in Ontario, Canada and moved to Phoenix with her husband Barnett E. Marks in 1906.

Florence Kahn's Congressional Offices - San Francisco CA

EImber — Tue, 03 May 2011 18:15:05 +0000

Florence Kahn (1866-1948) was elected to the 4th Congressional District of California by special election following the death of her husband, U.S. Rep. Julius Kahn in 1924.

Lower East Side Tenement Museum - New York NY

ekrothman — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 22:51:51 +0000

Take a look back in time and see what the home life of a Triangle factory worker might have been like at the Lower East Side Tenement Museum that tells th

Henry Street Settlement House - New York NY

ekrothman — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 22:05:05 +0000

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Photograph by Paul Parker, courtesy of Henry Street Settlement.

Metropolitan Opera House - New York NY

ekrothman — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 22:00:44 +0000

Barely a week after the Triangle fire, a meeting was held at the Metropolitan Opera House to memorialize the victims.

Carnegie Hall - New York NY

ekrothman — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 21:55:40 +0000

On January 2, 1910, as the shirtwaist strike dragged on, the Women’s Trade Union League, the Political Equity League, New York’s Liberal Club, and the Socialist Women’s Committee sponsored a meeting at Carnegie Hall to protest the mistreatment of strikers

Jefferson Market Courthouse - New York NY

ekrothman — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 20:23:40 +0000

Lower East Side Tenements - New York NY

isimonhodes — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 20:26:35 +0000

The overcrowded, poorly lit and ventilated tenements of the Lower East Side were once home to hundreds of thousands of recent Jewish immigrants.

ILGWU office - New York NY

isimonhodes — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 19:10:55 +0000

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International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union Archives, Kheel Center, Cornell University.

Cooper Union - New York NY

isimonhodes — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 18:35:10 +0000

The Great Hall at Cooper Union has been the scene of lively public debate since it opened in 1858.

Forward Building - New York NY

isimonhodes — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 16:08:18 +0000

Washington Square Park - New York NY

isimonhodes — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 17:44:59 +0000

A week after the Triangle fire, a large funeral procession organized by Jewish unions set out from the Forward building.

Vermont Statehouse, workplace of Former Vermont Governor Madeleine Kunin - Montpelier VT

Fri, 21 Jan 2011 19:43:15 +0000

Madeleine Kunin was Vermont's governor from 1985 until 1991. Kunin was the first woman ever to be elected as governor in United States history.

Hawai'i State House, office of Former Hawai'i Governor Linda Lingle - Honolulu HI

Fri, 21 Jan 2011 19:19:41 +0000

Linda Lingle served as the governor of Hawai'i from 2002 until 2010. She was the second woman in United States history to hold gubernatorial office.

Arizona's 8th Congressional District represented by Gabrielle Giffords - Tuscon AZ

Fri, 21 Jan 2011 18:16:48 +0000

Gabrielle Dee Giffords served the people in Arizona’s 8th Congressional District from 2007 to January, 2012.

The State of California, represented by Senator Barbara Boxer - Sacramento CA

Fri, 21 Jan 2011 17:58:17 +0000

After serving for 10 years in the House of Representatives, Barbara Levy Boxer was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1993. She is the first woman to Chair the Environment and Public Works Committee.

The State of California, represented by Senior Senator Dianne Feinstein - San Fransisco CA

Fri, 21 Jan 2011 17:38:39 +0000

Dianne Feinstein has been California's senator since her election in 1992.

Nevada's 1st Congressional District represented by Shelley Berkley - Las Vegas NV

Thu, 20 Jan 2011 18:54:58 +0000

Rochelle "Shelley" Berkley has represented Nevada's 1st District in the House of Representatives since 1999.

California's 53rd Congressional District represented by Susan Davis - San Diego CA

Thu, 20 Jan 2011 18:43:49 +0000

Susan A. Davis has served in the House of Representatives since 2001 and as the Chairwoman of the Subcommittee on Military Personnel since 2007.

California's 34th Congressional District represented by Jane Harman - El Segundo CA

Thu, 20 Jan 2011 17:46:09 +0000

Jane Margaret Lakes Harman has served as the Congresswoman for the 34th District since 1993, with a brief break in 1998 when she ran for office in the California gubernatorial election.

New York's 18th Congressional District represented by Nita Lowey - White Plains NY

Thu, 20 Jan 2011 17:34:02 +0000

Nita Melnikoff Lowey has represented constituents in New York's 18th Congressional District since 1993. Before that, Lowey served as Representative for the 20th district from 1989 until 1993.

Illinois' 9th Congressional District represented by Jan Schakowsky - Chicago IL

Thu, 20 Jan 2011 17:11:18 +0000

Jan Schakowsky has served as a Congresswoman for the 9th district in Illinois since 1999, where she has taken on many leadership roles.

Pennsylvania's 13th Congressional District Represented by Allyson Schwartz - Philadelphia PA

Thu, 20 Jan 2011 17:02:13 +0000

Allyson Schwartz has been representing constituents in Pennsylvania's 13th congressional district since 2005.

Florida's 20th Congressional District Represented by Debbie Wasserman Schultz - Pembroke Pines FL

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Debbie Wasserman Schultz represents Florida's 20th Congressional District. She has served in Congress since 2005.

Birthplace of Lois Levin Roisman - Brenham TX

EImber — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 20:06:11 +0000

Lois Levin Roisman (1938-2008), the founding director of the Jewish Fund for Justice and a Judaic poet and playwright, was born here.

CANDLES Holocaust Museum and Education Center - Terre Haute IN

Tue, 18 Jan 2011 19:39:30 +0000

CANDLES Holocaust Museum and Education Center was founded by Auschwitz survivor Eva Mozes Kor in 1995.

Greater St. Louis Citizen's Committee for Nuclear Information - St. Louis MO

EImber — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 16:36:30 +0000

As a founding member of the Greater St. Louis Citizen's Committee for Nuclear Information, Dr.

Kayam Farm - Reisterstown MD

Fri, 14 Jan 2011 15:36:50 +0000

At Kayam Farm, a 5 acre Jewish Educational Center located at Pearlstone Retreat Center, we have planted a fledgling Permaculture Forest Garden known as the Matriarchs Orchard.

Daisy Brand exhibit at the Northern Clay Center - Minneapolis MN

lberkenwald — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 16:14:09 +0000

An exhibit by ceramicist Daisy Brand opened at the Northern Clay Center on January 13, 2006. Daisy Brand was originally from eastern Czechoslovakia.

Harwin Studios - Portland OR

Sun, 02 Jan 2011 20:05:40 +0000

Harwin Studios has been devoted to creating unique Judaica and Jewish imagery for over 40 years.

Josephine and Wyatt Earp's Grave - Colma CA

lberkenwald — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 14:53:20 +0000

This is the grave site of Josephine Sarah Marcus Earp, wife of the famous Wyatt Earp.

Ayn Rand quote at Epcot Center - Orlando FL

lberkenwald — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 14:36:13 +0000

"Throughout the centuries there were men who took first steps down new roads armed with nothing but their own vision." This quote from Ayn Rand is on a plaque in Epcot Center at Walt Disney World in

Edna Ferber plaque - New York City NY

lberkenwald — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 14:22:33 +0000

At this spot, there is a plaque remembering the residence of Edna Ferber, a Pulitzer prize winner American writer.

Jewish Federation - St. Paul MN

Sun, 26 Dec 2010 18:08:53 +0000

Annette Newman was named United Jewish Fund & Council (Jewish Federation of St.

Childhood home of Shulamith Firestone - St. Louis MO

EImber — Thu, 23 Dec 2010 18:02:59 +0000

Radical feminist Shulamith Firestone was raised here in an Orthodox Jewish family.

Birthplace of Shulamith Firestone - Ottawa

EImber — Thu, 23 Dec 2010 17:49:46 +0000

Shulamith Firestone, author of The Dialectic of Sex and co-founder of the feminist groups "New York Radical Women," "Redstockings," and "New York Radical Feminists," was born here on Janua

Childhood home of Activist Evelyn Dubrow - Paterson NJ

EImber — Thu, 23 Dec 2010 17:30:55 +0000

Evelyn Dubrow (1911-2006), a celebrated labor activist and founding board member of the Women's Research and Education Institute, was raised here by Jewish immigrant parents from Belarus.

Jennifer Gorovitz - Jewish Community Federation - San Francisco CA

lberkenwald — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 19:01:27 +0000

On May 14, 2010, Jennifer Gorovitz was named Chief Executive Officer of the San Francisco-based Jewish Community Federation, which ranks among the 20 largest Jewish federations on in North America.

Frances Horwich Historical Marker - Ottowa OH

lberkenwald — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 14:21:43 +0000

Frances Rappaport Horwich, born on July 16, 1908 in Ottawa, Ohio, was tapped by NBC to create the first educational television program geared for preschool children called "Ding Dong School." Horwich

Muriel Rukeyser plaque outside the New York Public Library - New York NY

lberkenwald — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 16:02:22 +0000

This plaque is located on a footpath outside the New York Public Library.

Muriel Rukeyser's Poem "Rune" - Tahoma Park MD

lberkenwald — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 15:48:07 +0000

In 2007, in honor of National Poetry Month, members of the Friends of the Takoma Park Maryland Library created the urban poetry walk "Spring for Poetry in Takoma Park." The walk features a diverse se

Isabella Freedman Jewish Retreat Center - Falls Village CT

Tue, 07 Dec 2010 15:22:57 +0000

Western Michigan University, English Department - Kalamazoo MI

EImber — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 15:32:42 +0000

Jaimy Gordon, who has been a professor of English at Western Michigan University since 1981, received the National Book Award for fiction for her novel Lord of Misrule on November 17, 2010.

Touro Synagogue - Newport RI

lberkenwald — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 15:06:48 +0000

This synagogue was dedicated in Newport, Rhode Island on December 2, 1763.

"Barbara's Bench" - Sandpoint ID

Mon, 29 Nov 2010 05:14:50 +0000

"Barbara's Bench" is a memorial bench dedicated to community volunteers that make Sandpoint special, especially Barbara Veraniam, "a woman of vision who truly cared about community a worked tirelessly

Birthplace of Felice Cohn - Carson City NV

lberkenwald — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 16:32:43 +0000

Felice Cohn, born May 14, 1884 in Carson City, Nevada, was one of the state's first female lawyers. She was admitted to the Nevada Bar in 1902 and started to practice law at age eighteen.

1977 National Women's Conference in Houston - Houston TX

lberkenwald — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 14:53:32 +0000

On November 18, 1977, 20,000 women, men and children gathered in Houston to participate in an unprecedented event, the first federally funded N

The White House - National Humanities Medal Awarded to Ruth Wisse - Washington D. C. DC

lberkenwald — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 14:45:37 +0000

On November 15, 2005, Ruth Wisse received the prestigious National Humanities Medal in a ceremony at the White House.

Grave Marker for Emma Lazarus, Cypress Hill Cemetery - Brooklyn NY

lberkenwald — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 15:21:37 +0000

Emma Lazarus (1849 – 1887) was a celebrated American poet..

South Shore - Chicago IL

Tue, 09 Nov 2010 23:50:12 +0000

My grandma Dora Reimer Volk opened a deli/grocery during the depression in 1929 to help support the family.

Sharsheret, Teaneck, NJ - Teaneck NJ

Tue, 09 Nov 2010 23:41:38 +0000

Sharsheret is a national not-for-profit organization supporting women and families, of all Jewish backgrounds, facing breast and ovarian cancer.

Rosenbach Museum & Library - Philadelphia PA

Tue, 09 Nov 2010 22:25:36 +0000

The Rosenbach Museum & Library in Philadelphia was founded by legendary book dealer A.S.W.

Greater Miami Jewish Federation - Miami FL

Tue, 09 Nov 2010 21:54:58 +0000

Lion of Judah pin and recognition program was created in 1972 for the 1973 annual campaign by Norma Kipnis-Wilson and Toby Friedland. The pin launched during the Mission of Roses in 1973.

Jessie Sampter quote on Himank BRO sign board - Nubra JK

lberkenwald — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 15:36:26 +0000

Jessie Sampter was an influential Zionist educator, a poet, and a Zionist pioneer.

Westmount High School - Montreal QC

ekrothman — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 22:27:41 +0000

Hinda Miller graduated from this school before leaving her native Montreal to pursue a career that included costume design and, in the late 1970s, the design of the first "jogbra" sports bra.

Cinderella Initiative - Diamondhead MS

lberkenwald — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 21:06:20 +0000

After Hurricane Katrina, Sue Halpern of Diamondhead realized that most of the kids on the Mississippi Gulf Coast were still wearing donated clothing – and that they probably didn’t have prom clothes,

Beth Israel - Metairie LA

lberkenwald — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 20:51:10 +0000

The Beth Israel Congregation of New Orleans lost its Torah scrolls during Hurricane Katrina.

SF Jewish Film Festival - San Francisco CA

ekrothman — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 19:55:55 +0000

Filmmaker Gail Dolgin(1945-2010)served on the board of the SFJFF for many years.

Politics and Prose Bookstore - Washington DC

lberkenwald — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 13:44:00 +0000

Carla Cohen wanted to create a charming and comfortable gathering place for the intellectually curious in DC.

The Fulton Fish Market - BRONX NY

lberkenwald — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 14:06:13 +0000

Gloria Wasserman, known as "Annie," was a fixture at the Fulton Fish Market for decades.

Lt. Frances Y. Slanger's grave - West Roxbury MA

lberkenwald — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 13:44:22 +0000

The gravesite of Lt. Frances Y. Slanger, the first American nurse to die in Europe after the June 1944 D-Day landings in Normandy.

Greater Miami area - Miami FL

Tue, 05 Oct 2010 21:40:58 +0000

I'm aghast: you have no light bulb in Florida! I lived in Florida from 1967 through 1999, and was an active feminist, starting with my membership in the Nat'l. Org.

Lensic Performing Arts Center - Annie Liebovitz receives award - Santa Fe NM

lberkenwald — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 13:37:13 +0000

On March 5, 2010 the Georgia O'Keefe Museum presented photographer Annie Liebovitz with the 2010 Women of Distinction award at

"Sky Landscape" by Louise Nevelson - Washington D. C. DC

lberkenwald — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 13:39:48 +0000

"Sky Landscape", an outdoor sculpture by Louise Nevelson located at 1101 Vermont Avenue NW in Washington, D.C.

Community Arts Center--The Hannah Block Historic USO - Wilmington NC

lberkenwald — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 20:29:55 +0000

Wilmington, N.C.'s Community Arts Center was renamed in honor of Hannah Block in 2005.

Temple Avodah - Oceanside NY

lberkenwald — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 13:08:51 +0000

On September 15, 1955, Betty Robbins, the world's first female cantor, led Rosh Hashanah evening services at Temple Avodah of Oceanside, New York.

Rita Rubin Lowe - Carlsbad NM

Sat, 04 Sep 2010 20:31:52 +0000

My aunt Rita Rubin Lowe was in the first class of WACS during World War II. She was stationed in Carlsbad New Mexico--and it's there that she met her (future) husband, Captain Arnold Gluck.

Congregation Beth Israel - Meridian MS

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 19:02:47 +0000

The current location of Congregation Beth Israel, the congregation for which Paula Ackerman served as interim "spiritual leader" from December 12, 1950, through fall 1953.

Julliard School - New York NY

Fri, 20 Aug 2010 18:33:15 +0000

Russian piano virtuoso Rosina Bessie Lhevinne’s (1880-1976) career traversed oceans and eras.

Chimborazo Hospital - Richmond National Battlefield Park - Richmond VA

Wed, 18 Aug 2010 14:35:05 +0000

Phoebe Yates Pember was served as the matron of Richmond's Chimborazo Hospital from 1862 until the end of the Civil War.

Mount Sinai Hospital - Cleveland OH

Fri, 13 Aug 2010 17:21:34 +0000

Where Rae D. Landy began her illustrious nursing career with the US Army Nursing Corps as well as Hadassah. See http://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/landy-rae-d for more information.

Montgomery College Art Gallery - Rockville MD

ekrothman — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 15:23:00 +0000

Ninety-nine year-old sculptor Sarah Gettleman Silberman was honored at the reopening of the Montgomery College art gallery, which was renamed for her

Russian Hebrew Colony - Ford County KS

ggethner — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 18:19:12 +0000

A community of Jewish immigrants from eastern Europe who came to farm the land in Kansas in the late nineteenth century.

Schwebel's Bakery - Youngstown OH

Fri, 06 Aug 2010 16:26:36 +0000

Schwebel's Bakery was founded in 1906 by Dora and Joseph Schwebel. It began its life as a kosher bakery, famous for its rye bread.

Marissa Moss's Birthplace - Jeanette PA

Wed, 04 Aug 2010 14:17:31 +0000

Town where Marissa Moss was born.

Jewish Museum of Maryland - Baltimore MD

Tue, 03 Aug 2010 15:41:04 +0000

The Jewish Museum of Maryland interprets the Jewish experience in America.

Original Shoney's Restaurant - Charleston WV

Tue, 03 Aug 2010 15:28:35 +0000

The first restaurant in the Shoney's chain was founded in 1947 by Betty and Alex Schoenbaum. In 2009, their daughter Emily designed a monument (a 14-foot-tall pillar!) to mark the original restaurant.

Gallery at the Brick Box - Rutland VT

ggethner — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:28:20 +0000

Sara Schlosser at the opening of "To Life: A Celebration of Vermont Jewish Women" in October 2009. Photo by Karen Pike.

Smith College - Northampton MA

ggethner — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:09:24 +0000

Smith College, alma mater of many distinguished Jewish women including historian Natalie Zemon Davis, freedom rider

Ayn Rand's Grave - Valhalla NY

ggethner — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:00:39 +0000

Burial place of writer Ayn Rand and her husband Frank O'Connor.

Temple Shaarai Shomayim - Lancaster PA

ggethner — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 15:36:19 +0000

The Shaarai Shomayim is the fourth oldest Jewish community in the United States, and the second oldest in Pennsylvannia.

Jake and Annie Livshis's house, where Emma Goldman came to stay. - Chicago IL

ggethner — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 17:18:21 +0000

Jake and Annie Livshis were Russian immigrants who settled in Chicago and became involved in the anarchist movement of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

The Julliard School - New York NY

ggethner — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 19:02:51 +0000

Pianist Rosina Lhevinne taught at Julliard from 1924 until her death in 1976.

Home of Jane Lobman Katz - Montgomery AL

Sat, 03 Jul 2010 18:31:20 +0000

Jane Lobman Katz (1931 - 1986) A woman of vision and courage, she gained the respect of so many of Alabama's top leaders.

Early workplace of writer Ayn Rand - New York City NY

Fri, 02 Jul 2010 13:43:52 +0000

This is the building where writer Ayn Rand (1905-1982)was employed as a typist for Ely Jaques Kahn while she researched her own 1943 novel

Côte de Beauport, birthplace of Labor Organizer Lea Roback - Côte de Beauport QC

adavidow — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 19:59:24 +0000

From the Shalom Quebec website: "Born in Montreal to a Jewish family of Polish origin, Léa Roback grew up in Beauport where her parents had a general store.

Hebrew Actors Union - NY NY

adavidow — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 03:01:15 +0000

Yiddish as an Eastern European Jewish lingua franca was transformed further as it filtered the American experience.

Emma Goldman mural at Ahawath Yeshurun Shar'a Torah synagogue - New York NY

adavidow — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 02:42:01 +0000

A restored former synagogue, now called the Sixth Street Community Center, has the best neighborhood memorials to famous labor activists Emma Goldman

Celebrating Jewish American Heritage Month at the White House - Washington DC

adavidow — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 22:02:51 +0000

Representatives from the many Jewish organizations participating in Jewish American Heritage Month (May) meet President Obama and his family at the White House on May 27, 2010.

Tifereth Israel Synagogue - San Diego CA

Thu, 24 Jun 2010 03:46:06 +0000

16' tall Ark Doors and Eternal Light made by Jewish woman sculptor Shirley H. Lichtman.

Farthest North Girl Scout Council, est. Jessie Bloom, 1925 - Fairbanks AK

adavidow — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 13:36:05 +0000

Jessie S. Bloom was born in Dublin, Ireland to Leon and Olga (Kopelansky) Spiro in 1887. Bloom moved to London, England when she was twenty-one, where she worked as a secretary.

Congregation Agudas Israel - Saskatoon SK

Thu, 17 Jun 2010 01:15:46 +0000

A small and lively Sisterhood community with 36 members - and a whole lot of heart!

Kurdish Library and Museum - NY NY

Mon, 14 Jun 2010 15:21:43 +0000

First Kurdish Library in the Western Hemisphere founded in 1986 by Dr. Vera Beuadin Saeedpour, born Vera Fine in Barre, VT.

Yeshiva University - workplace of Joy Ladin - New York NY

Fri, 11 Jun 2010 18:16:33 +0000

Joy Ladin is an English professor at Yeshiva University's Stern College for Women.

The Salon set at The Jewish Channel Studios - NY

Fri, 04 Jun 2010 13:53:22 +0000

The first ever Jewish women's discussion television show, THE SALON, was shot here on August 31st, 2009.

Rebecca Cauman's studio, 1924 - Boston MA

adavidow — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 13:42:58 +0000

This covered bowl was created by Rebecca Cauman, c. 1927, and exhibited at the Boston Society of Arts & Crafts Tricennial Exhibition held at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, March 1 - 20, 1927.

University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh PA

Fri, 28 May 2010 14:30:37 +0000

Mayyim Hayyim exhibiting photojournalist Irene Fertik attended college at the University of Pittsburgh. It was here where she first discovered photojournalism.

Temple Israel - Hollywood

ekrothman — Fri, 14 May 2010 19:56:48 +0000

In 1992, Temple Israel of Hollywood became the first synagogue in Jewish history to name its main Sanctuary not only in memory of its distinguished rabbi, but also in honor of its rebbitzin -- Rabbi M

Childhood home of Norma Fox Mazer - Glens Falls NY

ekrothman — Fri, 14 May 2010 19:47:03 +0000

Norma Fox Mazer started her career as a writer when she was growing up in this small upstate New York town in the 1940s.

The Maxine F. Singer building - Baltimore MD

lberkenwald — Tue, 11 May 2010 19:01:21 +0000

The Maxine F. Singer building, completed in 2005, is on the Johns Hopkins Campus but belongs to, and was built by, the Carnegie Institution of Washington.

Elisabeth Bing's Lamaze and Childbirth Education Center - New York NY

Fri, 30 Apr 2010 00:54:26 +0000

Elisabeth Bing, an immigrant of German-Jewish descent who was educated in England upon fleeing from the Nazis, co-founded the American Society for Psychoprophylaxis in Obstetrics (now Lamaze Internati

Shabbat Shabbike - Chicago IL

Wed, 28 Apr 2010 11:59:22 +0000

A group of radical eco-conscious female Chicagoans that love to bike. We get together on Shabbat about once per month to exchange ideas, recipes, and form friendships.

Camp Judaea - Hendersonville NC

Wed, 28 Apr 2010 11:17:56 +0000

Camp Judaea who has been governed and supported by the Hadassah Woman of the Southeast has been fostering "Leaders of the Jewish Community" for over 50 Years.

Congregation Bayt Shalom - Greenville NC

ekrothman — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 15:09:28 +0000

First pulpit of Alyssa Stanton, the first African American woman to be ordained a rabbi.

Plum St. Temple - Cincinatti OH

ekrothman — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 14:55:54 +0000

This historic 1866 sanctuary was the setting for the ordination on June 6, 2009 of the first African-American woman rabbi, Alyssa Stanton

Dallas, Texas, Mayor's Office - Annette Greenfield Strauss, 1987 - Dallas TX

adavidow — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 21:15:31 +0000

On April 18, 1987, Annette Greenfield Strauss became the first elected woman mayor of Dallas, Texas.

Boston Latin Girls School - education of Mary Antin - Boston MA

adavidow — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 21:10:29 +0000

Born in 1881, Mary Antin's family left Russia when she was 13 and settled in Boston where Antin attended the Boston Latin Girls School, then on West Newton St.

Mishkan Israel Cemetery, New Haven, CT - Minna Cohen Kleeberg - New Haven CT

Sat, 10 Apr 2010 20:42:39 +0000

Minna Cohen Kleeberg was born in Elmshorn, Holstein, German in 1841. She was well-educated in German, French, and English literature, and became well-known in Germany as a poet.

Jewish United Fund/ Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago - Chicago IL

Thu, 08 Apr 2010 14:41:58 +0000

The Jewish United Fund/Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago is one of the largest not-for-profit social welfare institutions in Illinois and the central address of Chicago's Jewish community.

Ernestine Rose's first U.S home - New York NY

ekrothman — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 17:10:53 +0000

Now the site of the Henry Street Settlements' Art Center, this building was where Polish-born social reformer Ernestine Rose and her h

Birthplace of Blanche Colman - Deadwood SD

ekrothman — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 17:23:43 +0000

Home of Blanche Colman's (originally Kugelman), one of the first women admitted to the Bar in South Dakota.

Talpiyot, Jerusalem, home of "Mavoi Satum" - ירושלים

Fri, 02 Apr 2010 11:54:08 +0000

Mavoi Satum was one of the first organizations in Israel dedicated exclusively to the plight of agunot and mesuravot get, women denied divorce.

National Council Of Jewish Women, Australia - Melbourne, Australia VIC

Fri, 02 Apr 2010 11:47:23 +0000

The National Council of Jewish Women of Australia was founded in Sydney in 1923, due largely to the efforts of Dr Fanny Reading.

Center for Jewish History - New York NY

Mon, 29 Mar 2010 15:23:59 +0000

An affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution, the Center for Jewish History is one of the great public Jewish historical and cultural institutions in the world.

Santa Fe - Santa Fe NM

Mon, 29 Mar 2010 14:08:50 +0000

Home of Flora Langerman Spiegelberg, the "grand lady of the southwest frontier" and matron of the successful mercantile Spiegelberg family, which was instrumental in the 19th century development of Sa

Greeley Colorado, birthplace of Miriam Gideon - Greeley CO

adavidow — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 12:50:18 +0000

Born in Greeley, Colorado, on October 23, 1906, composer Miriam Gideon was the first woman invited to compose a Jewish "Sacred Service."

Dallas, Texas, home of Fannie Feldman Schaenen - Dallas TX

Fri, 26 Mar 2010 18:13:23 +0000

The "Lioness of Judah," was very active in the Dallas Jewish community, in the Jewish Federation and the Jewish Family Service Agency, among others.

Firestone High School - Akron OH

ekrothman — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 15:42:01 +0000

Library here is named for Judith Resnik, a 1966 graduate who went on to become the first Jew and the second woman to travel in space.

Mikveh Israel Burial Ground - Philadelphia PA

ekrothman — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 15:16:33 +0000

Rebecca Gratz was buried here in 1869.

Home of Fanny Brooks, Western Pioneer - Marysville CA

adavidow — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 17:54:55 +0000

Fanny Bruck was born in 1837 in Germany.

Hometown of Lillian Vernon's First Mail Order Business - Mount Vernon NY

Thu, 25 Mar 2010 17:50:18 +0000

A housewife expecting her first child, Lillian starts her mail order business in her small apartment using her kitchen table as her office.

Marilyn Gilbert Artist Management, Inc. - Toronto ON

adavidow — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 17:40:07 +0000

Marilyn Gilbert Artists Management, Inc. is the longest continuously running manager of classical and world music in Canada.

Center for Global Law and Practice, Syracuse University - Syracuse NY

ekrothman — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 22:08:05 +0000

Founded in 1988 by Human Rights lawyer Donna Arzt to promote the study of international and comparative law.

Nishmah: The St. Louis Jewish Women's Project - St. Louis MO

Wed, 24 Mar 2010 19:19:01 +0000

Nishmah: The St. Louis Jewish Women's Project was co-founded by Karen Sher and Ronit Sherwin in 2005.

Boston Children's Theatre - Boston MA

lberkenwald — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 13:19:41 +0000

Julie Taymor studied theater here from age 10 up until her last year of high school.

Hannah Arendt's childhood home - Königsberg

lberkenwald — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 13:11:41 +0000

Political theorist Hannah Arendt was raised in Königsberg. After high school, she began to study philosophy at the University of Marburg.

National New York Packing and Shipping Company - New York City NY

lberkenwald — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 13:00:49 +0000

Ethel Rosenberg, the second woman in the United States to be executed by the federal government, worked here for 3.5 years.

Mickve Israel Synagogue - Savannah GA

Mon, 22 Mar 2010 17:53:48 +0000

The third oldest Jewish congregation in the country was founded by 42 women and men who bravely sailed from England to the brand new colony of Georgia in 1733.

Beth Levine Childhood Home - Patchogue NY

ekrothman — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:55:09 +0000

Childhood home of legendary shoe designer Beth Levine, who introduced the mule and the stilletto to America.

Congregation served by Rabbi Sandy Eisenberg Sasso - Indianapolis IN

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 01:39:22 +0000

Rabbi Sandy Eisenberg Sasso, the second woman ordained in North America and the first female Reconstructionist Rabbi (1974), has served Congregation Beth-El Zedeck in Indianapolis, with her husband Ra

Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston - Boston MA

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:39:09 +0000

CJP had its offices here when in 1980 Ruth Fein became the first woman elected president.

Shearith Israel Graveyard - New York City NY

lberkenwald — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:39:46 +0000

This is the oldest Jewish cemetery in the Untied States. It was for the Shearith Israel congregation, which arrived in 1654 from Brazil--the first Jewish community in American history.

Dawn Shadows - Chicago IL

lberkenwald — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:02:17 +0000

"Dawn Shadows" by artist and sculptor Louise Nevelson in the atrium lobby of the Madison Plaza building at the corner of Madison and W

Louise Nevelson Plaza - New York City NY

lberkenwald — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:56:50 +0000

This park is named for artist and sculptor Louise Nevelson.

Nierendorf Gallery - New York City NY

lberkenwald — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:53:11 +0000

According to the story, sculptor Louise Nevelson marched into the prestigious Nierendorf Gallery one day in 1941 to demand an exhibition from the gallery director.

Kansas City - kansas city MO

lberkenwald — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:37:11 +0000

Radical labor activist Rose Pastor Stokes was arrested on March 22, 1918 for an anti-war speech she gave in Kansas City and a letter to the local paper in which she declared, “No government which is f

Hebrew Industrial School - Boston MA

ekrothman — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:03:11 +0000

Lina Hecht, American-born wife of a prominent German Jew, founded the Hebrew Industrial School in 1890 to teach eastern European Jewi

7th Street Market - Los Angeles CA

lberkenwald — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:33:10 +0000

This is where Frieda Caplan began her career as a produce broker.

Graduations at Roy Wilkin's Auditorium - Saint Paul MN

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 03:48:33 +0000

On October 30, 2009, my mother moved for my admission to practice law in the state of Minnesota before the Minnesota Supreme Court in Saint Paul's Roy Wilkins auditorium.

Ruth Brin's Birthplace - Saint Paul MN

Sun, 14 Mar 2010 04:23:58 +0000

Ruth F.

Contemporary Jewish Museum - San Francisco CA

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:43:06 +0000

Julie Seltzer, a soferet, or professionally-trained female scribe is writing an entire Torah scroll at the Contemporary Jewish Museum, as part of the exhibition "As It Is Written: Project 304,805" (Th

Brooklyn Public Library, Central Library - Brooklyn NY

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:49:22 +0000

It's uncertain whether Rebbetzin Chaya Moussia Schneerson, the Seventh Rebbetzin of Chabad-Lubavitch, was actually employed by the Brooklyn Public Library, volunteered there, or whether she just used

Academy for Jewish Religion, CA - Los Angeles CA

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:31:49 +0000

In 2009, the Academy for Jewish Religion, California, a transdenominational Rabbinical, Cantorial and Chaplaincy School ordained Tannoz Bahremand Foruzanfar; the first Persian woman ordained as a Cant

Port of Quebec, 1738 - Esther Brandeau - Quebec QC

adavidow — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:54:37 +0000

In 1738, the first Jew arrived in Quebec. Esther Brandeau had disguised herself in boy's clothes, journeying from France on the ship Saint-Michel.

Winnipeg, birthplace of demographer Mindel Cherniack Sheps - Winnipeg MB

adavidow — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:59:02 +0000

"As a physician, biostatistician, and demographer, Mindel Cherniack Sheps was acutely aware of the role science could play as a powerful social force:

Montreal, home of teacher/poet/writer Shulamis Yelin - Montreal QC

adavidow — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:54:34 +0000

"Shulamis Borodensky Yelin was born in Montreal on April 12, 1913. Her parents had emigrated from Chernobyl three years earlier." As a poet and educator, she had a great influence.

Colorado state capitol building - Denver CO

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:22:47 +0000

There are sixteen stained-glass windows in the dome of Colorado’s state capitol, each one illustrating a pioneer who was an important influence on Colorado’s development.

Bathroom of Saul's Deli in Berkeley - Berkeley CA

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:03:51 +0000

Saul's has the distinction of having an Emma Goldman Women of Valor poster hanging in the bathroom! A friend was excited to see it a few months back, and sent me this photo.

http://saulsdeli.com/

Last performance of Adah Isaacs Menken - London

lberkenwald — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:24:50 +0000

The "Racy actress," Adah Isaacs Menken gave her last stage perform

Algonquin Hotel - New York City NY

lberkenwald — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:16:15 +0000

Singer Sylvia Blagman Syms died during a standing ovation at the Algonquin Hotel in 1992 of a heart attack.

http://jwa.org/thisweek/may/10/1992/sylvia-blagman-syms

Jewish Publication Society - Philadelphia PA

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:15:40 +0000

Henrietta Szold worked at this former office of the Jewish Publication Society from 1893-1916. JPS's current address is 2100 Arch Street.

Birthplace of Rosa Sonneschein - Prostejov

lberkenwald — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:09:19 +0000

Rosa Sonneschein was the founder and editor of American Jewess

Home of Nancy Lieberman-Cline - Dallas TX

lberkenwald — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:00:21 +0000

Nancy Lieberman-Cline is a pioneer in women's basketball.

Jewish Publication Society - Philadelphia PA

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:59:38 +0000

Henrietta Szold worked at this former office of the Jewish Publication Society from 1893-1916. JPS's current address is 2100 Arch Street.

Birthplace of writer Tillie Olsen - Mead NE

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:16:41 +0000

Tillie Lerner Olsen was born in Mead or Wahoo, Nebraska, in 1912 or 1913 (the most often used birthday is January 14, 1913).

Florence Prag Kahn - San Francisco CA

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:35:14 +0000

Florence Prag Kahn was the first Jewish woman to serve in Congress, succeeded her husband upon his death in 1924 and served the San Francisco area for five terms.

Southern Saskatchewan - Hirsch SK

adavidow — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:28:21 +0000

We know little about the Canadian pioneer woman known as Mrs. Zelickson. She settled in Southern Saskatchewan in the Jewish pioneer colony of Hirsch.

Calgary, 1918 - Peretz Hirschbein meets Esther Shumiatcher - Calgary AB

adavidow — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:40:25 +0000

Esther Shumiatcher-Hirschbein was one of eleven siblings in a talented, energetic and adventurous Canadian immigrant family which left lasting marks on Canadian society in a variety of fields.

Clayoquot Sound - Tofino BC

adavidow — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:32:39 +0000

From JWA's page on Environmental Activism, contributed by Wendy Oberlander:

Site of the Triangle Waist Company fire - New York NY

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:38:42 +0000

The Triangle Waist Factory was located on the top three floors of the Asch Building on Washington Place. More than 500 workers labored here long hours, six days a week.

Hillel Jewish Student Center-University of Cincinnati - Cincinnati OH

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:04:04 +0000

Brenda Gevertz became the first woman to be appointed a Hillel Director, serving at the University of Cincinnati Hillel from 1971-1974.

Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion - Cincinnati OH

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:56:36 +0000

School and site of first woman rabbi ordained in the United States.

Anna and Louis Boudin's House - Brooklyn NY

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:21:29 +0000

In 1927, the wives of several American ORT members gathered in Anna Boudin’s Brooklyn living room to start the Women’s American ORT, with Boudin as its founding president.

Hadassah Southern California - Los Angeles CA

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:14:19 +0000

Though Hadassah has been in Southern California since 1916, the various Regions, Big Chapters, Chapters and Groups joined forces to become HADASSAH SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA on Jan. 1, 1996.

Edna Ferber's hometown - Appleton WI

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:24:53 +0000

Edna Ferber grew up here!

Hadassah-Brandeis Institute - Waltham MA

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:21:11 +0000

The Hadassah-Brandeis Institute, originally known as the International Research Institute on Jewish Women, opened at Brandeis University in January 1997.

Jewish Women's Archive - original office - Brookline MA

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:09:16 +0000

Founded in 1995, the Jewish Women's Archive changed the way we understand the past and ensured a more inclusive future by committing to uncover, chronicle, and transmit to a broad public the rich hist

Home of Lillian Freiman - Ottowa ON

lberkenwald — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:00:20 +0000

Philanthropist and Zionist Lillian Freiman served as head of Canadian Hadassah-WIZO for twenty-one years and was the first Canadian Je

Home of Rosanna Dyer Osterman - Galveston TX

lberkenwald — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:40:13 +0000

German-born Rosanna Dyer Osterman settled in Galveston, TX in 1838.

Site of Hadassah's first meeting - New York NY

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:36:19 +0000

Hadassah, the Women's Zionist Organization of America, Inc. first met on February 24th, 1912 at Temple Emanu-El in New York City.

National Jewish Health - Denver CO

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:00:10 +0000

National Jewish Health opened in Denver, Colorado in 1899 as the National Jewish Hospital for Consumptives to serve victims of consumption who flocked to Denver in the late 19th and early 20th century

Birthplace of photojournalist Diana Mara Henry - Cincinnati OH

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:57:37 +0000

Diana Mara Henry has made history by recording it, first for the Harvard Crimson, then for a wide variety of publications, from the 1960's to present, including textbooks, magazines, exhibits and muse

Indianapolis Hebrew Congregation - Indianapolis IN

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:32:41 +0000

Women of Valor posters are hanging in our Learning Center

Harvard University - Cambridge MA

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:20:43 +0000

In 2009 Rabbanit Sharon Weiss-Greenberg became the first female Orthodox Jewish chaplain at Harvard University.

Anna Sokolow Way - New York NY

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:28:32 +0000

Christopher Street was given a second name in honor of choreographer Anna Sokolow, who lived at 1 Christopher Street for over 50 years.

Old Globe and Mail Building - Toronto ON

adavidow — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:38:52 +0000

In 1928, Canadian athlete Bobbie Rosenfeld traveled to the Amsterdam Olympics for what she termed her '"greatest victory." There, the small Canadian women's track team, celebrated by the press as "t

Eureka City, UT, home of Anna Marks - Eureka City UT

adavidow — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:29:12 +0000

Anna Rich Marks was born in Russian-occupied Poland in 1847. She traveled to England where she met and married Wolff Marks in 1862, at age fifteen.

Israel Levin Senior Adult Center - Venice CA

adavidow — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:57:28 +0000

The site of the ground-breaking study by Barbara Myerhoff that results in the book and film, Number our Days.

Mt. Holyoke College - South Hadley MA

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:26:40 +0000

Playwright Wendy Wasserstein's alma mater and the setting for her first Broadway hit, "Uncommon Women."

Gertrude Elion interviews at Burroughs Wellcome, June 1944 - Tuckahoe NY

adavidow — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:20:40 +0000

In June 1944, as Elion was weighing several job offers with which she was not quite satisfied, her father received a sample of painkiller at his dental office.

Dianne Feinstein Elementary School - San Francisco CA

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:14:08 +0000

A San Francisco Public School named for CA Senator Dianne Feinstein, http://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/feinstein-dianne.

Ray Frank Rosh Hashana Sermon, Spokane Opera House, 1890 - Spokane WA

adavidow — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:10:14 +0000

"At five o'clock that afternoon, a special edition of the Spokane Falls Gazette announced that "a young lady" would preach to Spokane's Jews that evening at the Opera House.

Mt. Holyoke College - South Hadley MA

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:06:18 +0000

Playwright Wendy Wasserstein's alma mater (Class of 1971) and the setting for her first hit "Uncommon Women."

The Dinner Party - Brooklyn Museum - Brooklyn NY

lberkenwald — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:05:34 +0000

The permanent home of Judy Chicago's exhibit, "The Dinner Party."

Maennerchor Hall - Philadelphia PA

adavidow — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:01:08 +0000

On this location, April 14, 1875, a "Spelling Bee" was held as a benefit for the first Hebrew Sunday School, started by Rebecca Gratz in 1838, on her fifty-seventh birthday "with sixty students enroll

The Baltimore Museum of Art - Baltimore MD

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:58:16 +0000

The Baltimore Museum of art, permanent home of the Cone Collection, Claribel and Etta Cone's collection of modern art.

Photo 1: Photo courtesy The Baltimore Museum of Art

Hawaii State House - Honolulu HI

lberkenwald — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:53:05 +0000

Linda Lingle is the second Jewish woman governor in the history of the United States.

Lombard Street - Baltimore MD

lberkenwald — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:34:32 +0000

Henrietta Szold, founder of Hadassah, grew up on Lombard Street in Baltimore, Maryland.

Photo credit: cc-by-nc-sa, Andrew Bossi, Flickr.

Emma Goldman's grave - Forest Park IL

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:12:39 +0000

Grave of the great Anarchist orator, writer, organizer, agitator at Forest Park Cemetery (formerly Waldheim Cemetery).