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Jewish Heroines of America:

World War II to the Present

A Judaica Collection Exhibit


Exhibit Contents

  1. Lt. Frances Slanger: Jewish Nurse Killed in World War II
  2. Anna M. Rosenberg: Assistant Defense Secretary
  3. Flora Lewis: Outstanding Journalist
  4. Rosalyn S. Yalow: Nobel Prize Recipient in Medicine and Physiology
  5. Lydia Rapoport: Educational Leader in Social Work
  6. Judith Raskin: A Great Lyric Soprano
  7. Aline B. Saarinen: Art Critic and Correspondent
  8. Bella Abzug : A Political Figure and a Leader in the Women's Movement
  9. Judith Martin: Director, Actress and Playright
  10. Judy Blume: Author of Juvenile and Adult Novels
  11. Nancy Lieberman: A Great Women's Basketball Star
  12. Beverly Sills: Soprano and Opera Director
  13. Barbara Walters: Noted Interviewer and Star of Television
  14. Barbra Streisand: Concert Star, Actress, Director and Producer of Movies
  15. Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
  16. Barbara Boxer: United States Senator from California
  17. Dianne Feinstein: United States Senator from California
  18. Cynthia Ozick: Novelist, Essayist and Critic
  19. Letty Cottin Pogrebin: Feminist Leader and Magazine Editor
  20. Judith A. Resnik: The Second Woman in Space
  21. Lynn Gottlieb: Rabbi and Jewish Feminist
  22. Renee Headings: Sculptress
  23. Sada Jacobson: Fencing Champion
  24. Bonnie Bernstein: Outstanding TV Sports Reporter
  25. Ariel Durant : Writer
  26. Judge Betty Weinberg Ellerin: First woman appointed as a Justice of the Appellate Division, N.Y.
  27. Ellen Goodman: National Pulitzer Prize Columnist
  28. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz: Congresswoman
  29. Rear Admiral Susan J. Blumenthal: U.S. Assistant Surgeon General and Senior Globe Health Advisor

Other exhibits of interest:
American Jewish Heroes and Heroines From Colonial Times to 1900,
American Jewish Heroes and Heroines From 1900 to World War II,
American Jewish Heroes and Heroines From World War II to the Present ,
Jewish Recipients of the Congressional Medal of Honor,
Jewish Heroines of America: Colonial Times to World War II,
Rabbis as Chaplains in America's Military: A Tradition of Service, Dedication and Bravery, and
Jews in America's Military


For additional information, contact
Seymour "Sy" Brody

or
Special Collections and Archives
S.E. Wimberly Library



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