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Ann Lewis, a former chair of the Moment Advisory Board and founding member of the National Women’s Political Caucus, discusses the critical role Jewish leaders played in the fight for the vote for women, though they are often excluded from standard suffrage history. Ann shares stories about Polish immigrant and Tennessee legislator, Joe Hanover; Yiddish-speaking union organizer, Rosie Schneiderman; Co-chair of the Men’s League for Women’s Suffrage, Rabbi Stephen S. Wise and social reformer, Maud Nathan, as well as others.
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reminds me of the omission of R’Heschel in Selma
BUT< women cannot vote in an orthodox Schulz (it's called a family vote.)..BUT if their husband dies..NO VOTE
a woman cannot undertake any project WITHOUT male supervision
even before she can go to a mikvah, a rabbi must certify she is clean
Hows them apples? ready to celebrate
What a great presentation this is. I never knew this stuff about Jewish suffragists