Martha Wolfenstein
Possibly the first Jewish woman author to write Jewish stories for the secular press in the US.
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Mary Belle Grossman
The first woman municipal judge in the U.S.
Sonia Revid
Sonia Revid created public health ballet at the height of ‘dance fever’
Miriam S Axelrod
Philadelphia librarian who fought to improve the city’s public transportation
Ana María Shua
Argentine writer who has published books of microfiction, poetry, short stories, novels, and children’s literature. Her internationally acclaimed work has been translated into several languages.
Martine Rothblatt
Her long list of accomplishments includes creating and commercializing satellite radio, founding a biotechnology company that seeks to provide an unlimited supply of transplantable organs, setting world records for electric flight and delving deep into the future of artificial intelligence with her work on digital immortality.
Madeline Sayet
Native American theater and opera director and writer
Sarah Hyams
The Hyams sisters supported a settlement house and social service activities in East Boston for many years. In 1937, they established the Fresh Air Camps for local children suffering with tuberculosis.
Gertrude Rubinstein
Australian schizophrenia researcher
Isabel Hyams
The Hyams sisters, along with their brother, Geoffrey, supported a settlement house and social service activities in East Boston for many years. In 1937, they established the Fresh Air Camps for local children suffering with tuberculosis. Isabel Hyams, an 1888 graduate of MIT, began the experimental Penny Lunch Club to provide Boston students with nutritious lunches for one or two cents.