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Jewish Heroines of America:
World War II to the Present
Exhibit Contents
- Lt. Frances Slanger: Jewish Nurse Killed in World War II
- Anna M. Rosenberg: Assistant Defense Secretary
- Flora Lewis: Outstanding Journalist
- Rosalyn S. Yalow: Nobel Prize Recipient in Medicine and Physiology
- Lydia Rapoport: Educational Leader in Social Work
- Judith Raskin: A Great Lyric Soprano
- Aline B. Saarinen: Art Critic and Correspondent
- Bella Abzug : A Political Figure and a Leader in the Women's Movement
- Judith Martin: Director, Actress and Playright
- Judy Blume: Author of Juvenile and Adult Novels
- Nancy Lieberman: A Great Women's Basketball Star
- Beverly Sills: Soprano and Opera Director
- Barbara Walters: Noted Interviewer and Star of Television
- Barbra Streisand: Concert Star, Actress, Director and Producer of Movies
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
- Barbara Boxer: United States Senator from California
- Dianne Feinstein: United States Senator from California
- Cynthia Ozick: Novelist, Essayist and Critic
- Letty Cottin Pogrebin: Feminist Leader and Magazine Editor
- Judith A. Resnik: The Second Woman in Space
- Lynn Gottlieb: Rabbi and Jewish Feminist
- Renee Headings: Sculptress
- Sada Jacobson: Fencing Champion
- Bonnie Bernstein: Outstanding TV Sports Reporter
- Ariel Durant : Writer
- Judge Betty Weinberg Ellerin: First woman appointed as a Justice of the Appellate Division, N.Y.
- Ellen Goodman: National Pulitzer Prize Columnist
- Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz: Congresswoman
- 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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