Jewish Heroines of America:

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

For other exhibits of interest, see Seymour "Sy" Brody's Jewish Heroes and Heroines of America Exhibits

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