Beyle Schaechter-Gottesman
Active as a teacher and songwriter, she also began to write poetry and gained a reputation as one of America’s premier Yiddish poets.
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Ann Sonia Medalie
Latvian-American muralist known as the “queen of fish” for making the mural fish shimmer with metallic powders and transparent glazes.
Lilli Hornig
As with so many of the scientists who worked at Los Alamos during the Manhattan Project, Lilli Schwenk Hornig (1921-2017) had fled her homeland to escape persecution.
Caroline Kline Galland
Caroline Rosenberg Kline Galland, an early and important Seattle philanthropist, devoted her life to serving the community. Her will bequeathed funds for a home for the Jewish aged and for other charities, including a tuberculosis hospital.
Ellen Cuffe
Countess of Desart, philanthropist, and senator
Roz Chast
One of the leading cartoonists for the New Yorker, since 1978 she has published more than one thousand cartoons in the magazine.
Pola Nirenska
Modern dancer and choreographer
Dr Ruth Westheimer
Famed sex therapist
Trude Rittmann
Prominent German-American composer, music arranger, teacher, and pianist.
Golde Bamber
Golde Bamber (1868–1951) led efforts to support Boston’s Jewish immigrant youth, founding the Hecht House, a vital community hub, in 1936.