Born: 12 March 1899, Latvia
Died: 19 April 1978
Country most active: United States
Also known as: Elsa Mandelstamm
This entry is reprinted with permission from the National Women’s History Museum (United States of America). It was written by Despina Stratigakos. All rights reserved.
Elsa Gidoni fled Berlin in 1933, but spent five years in Tel Aviv designing buildings in the International Style before moving to New York in 1938. Although, like many refugees, she initially struggled to find work, she eventually became a project designer at the New York City firm of Kahn and Jacobs and contributed to modernist department stores, office buildings, and industrial facilities along the East Coast.
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