National Council of Jewish Women
Variant namesOrganized in 1893 as the Council of Jewish Women; name changed in 1923 to the National Council of Jewish Women. The two primary goals of the organization are social reform and the promotion of Judaism among women.
From the description of Records of the National Council of Jewish Women, 1893-1989 (bulk 1940-1981). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79456414
The National Council members, in their Credo, stated that they "believe in the ideal of Peace." In their philosophy, they stated: "It is not enough to hate war; we must organize for peace and work to perfect a world organization through which we can achieve security and justice."
From the description of Collection, 1929-1959 1929-1940 (bulk). (Swarthmore College, Peace Collection). WorldCat record id: 28571632
The National Council of Jewish Women was founded in 1893 by Hannah Greenebaum Solomon, making it the oldest Jewish women’s volunteer organization in America. The NCJW’s founding document declared its dedication to religious, philanthropic, and educational causes. The organization grew rapidly during the early twentieth century, with sections in cities across the United States and representatives in Europe. The NCJW’s broad interests, active membership and cooperation with Jewish and non-Jewish organizations contributed to its position as a leader among women’s social reform agencies.
From the 1890s, the NCJW took a particular interest in assisting immigrant Jews. The Immigration and Naturalization Office of the Worcester Section, founded in 1904, was one of many local NCJW offices that provided guidance to individuals and families during the application process for permanent residency and citizenship.
From the 1930s through the 1960s the office primarily assisted Jewish refugees and displaced persons from Germany, Russia, and Poland. However, the office also provided assistance to many Jewish residents who had arrived from Eastern Europe in the earlier decades of the century, as well as Jews who left the Soviet Union in the 1970s.The following women served as head of the Worcester Section Immigration and Naturalization Office: Dorice Grace (through 1947); Lillian (Mrs. Eugene) Kretzmer (1947-1977); Lois A. (Mrs. Myles) Lopatin (1977- ?).
From the guide to the National Council of Jewish Women Collection, 1936-1982, (Leo Baeck Institute Archives)
Archival Resources
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| referencedIn | Papers, 1937-1969. | New York State Historical Documents Inventory | |
| referencedIn | Max James Kohler Papers, 1765-1963 (bulk 1888-1935) | American Jewish Historical Society | |
| referencedIn | Reyher, Rebecca Hourwich, 1897-1987. Papers, 1877-1988 (bulk: 1915-1970) | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| creatorOf | National Council of Jewish Women. [Minor publications, constitution, program of work, etc.]. | Yale University Library | |
| referencedIn | Indiana Jewish Historical Society. Indiana Jewish Historical Society collection addition, 1985-2009. | Indiana Historical Society Library | |
| creatorOf | National Council of Jewish Women. Minneapolis Section. Records, 1917-1970. | Minnesota Historical Society, Division of Archives and Manuscripts | |
| referencedIn | Georgia Farm School and Resettlement Bureau. Georgia Farm School and Resettlement Bureau records, 1936-1948 (bulk 1939-1941). | Ida Pearle and Joseph Cuba Community Archives and Genealogy Center | |
| referencedIn | Virginia Levitt Snitow Papers, undated, 1909-2001 | American Jewish Historical Society | |
| referencedIn | Robin, Eva. Papers, 1887-1959. | University of California, Los Angeles | |
| referencedIn | National Council of Jewish Women, New York Section Records, undated, 1895-2004 | American Jewish Historical Society | |
| creatorOf | National Council of Jewish Women. Baltimore Section. Records, 1896-2003 and [undated]. | Jewish Historical Society of Maryland Library | |
| referencedIn | Eva Robin Papers, 1887-1959 | University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections. | |
| referencedIn | Baron de Hirsch Fund Records, undated, 1819-1991 (bulk 1882-1935) | American Jewish Historical Society | |
| referencedIn | Papers of Caroline K. (Caroline Klein) Simon, (inclusive), (bulk), 1917-1993, 1950-1980 | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Chase Going Woodhouse Papers., undated, 1900-1984. | Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Center. | |
| creatorOf | Blumenthal family. Dorothy Hast Blumenthal family photographs MFQ 298 | Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania, Heinz History Center Detre Library and Archives | |
| referencedIn | Hadassah, the Women's Zionist Organization of America. Madison Chapter (Wis.). Records, 1919-1970. | Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project | |
| referencedIn | Peterson, Esther, 1906-1997. Papers: Series I-IV, 1884-1998 (inclusive), 1929-1998 (bulk). | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | National Jewish Welfare Board, Records, undated, 1889-1995 (bulk 1917-1990) | American Jewish Historical Society | |
| referencedIn | Solomon, Hannah G. (Hannah Greenebaum), 1858-1942. Newsclippings, 1894-1939 [microform]. | Brandeis University Library | |
| creatorOf | Blumenthal family. Blumenthal family papers 1907-1988. | Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania, Heinz History Center Detre Library and Archives | |
| referencedIn | Katharine Asher Engel Papers MS 55., 1916-1957 | Sophia Smith Collection | |
| referencedIn | Women's Joint Congressional Committee Records, 1920-1970, (bulk 1920-1953) | Library of Congress. Manuscript Division | |
| referencedIn | Gore Vidal papers, 1850-2020 (inclusive), 1936-2008 (bulk) | Houghton Library | |
| referencedIn | Papers, 1950-1976 | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Louis Broido papers, undated, 1922-1976 | American Jewish Historical Society Archives | |
| referencedIn | Arthur Brin and family papers, 1891-1988. | Minnesota Historical Society, Division of Archives and Manuscripts | |
| creatorOf | Brin, Fanny Fligelman, 1884-1961. Fanny F. Brin papers, 1896-1958. | Minnesota Historical Society Library | |
| referencedIn | Papers, (1959-1976), 1980 | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Western Jewish History Center. 184. Goodman and Levy family papers and scrapbooks, 1850-2003. | UC Berkeley Libraries | |
| referencedIn | Papers of Cecilia Razovsky, undated, 1913-1971 | American Jewish Historical Society at the Center for Jewish History | |
| referencedIn | Records of the Industrial Removal Office, undated, 1899-1922 | American Jewish Historical Society | |
| referencedIn | Grete Simon, M.D. Collection, 1871-1977, bulk 1871-1900, bulk 1940-1971 | Leo Baeck Institute. | |
| referencedIn | National Council of Jewish Women, New Bedford (Mass.) Section. National Council of Jewish Women, New Bedford (Mass.) Section, Records, 1925-1993. | University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, Claire T. Carney Library | |
| referencedIn | Shirley T. Joseph Papers, 1972-1998 | American Jewish Historical Society | |
| referencedIn | Hannah G. Solomon Papers, 1817-1986, (bulk 1892-1942) | Library of Congress. Manuscript Division | |
| referencedIn | The Nation, records, 1879-1974 (inclusive), 1920-1955 (bulk). | Houghton Library | |
| referencedIn | Guggenheimer, Elinor Coleman, 1912-. Papers, 1959-1980 (inclusive). | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Papers of Robison Family, undated, 1904-1995 | American Jewish Historical Society | |
| creatorOf | National Council of Jewish Women Records, 1893-1989, (bulk 1940-1981) | Library of Congress. Manuscript Division | |
| referencedIn | National Committee on Atomic Information Records, 1945-1948 | Library of Congress. Manuscript Division | |
| referencedIn | Kretzmer, Lilli Cohen. Papers, 1950-1976 (inclusive). | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Robert P. Goldman Papers | The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives | |
| referencedIn | Brown, Ronald, 1900-2003. Ronald and Isabelle Brown papers, series II, 1911-2003. | Western Reserve Historical Society, Research Library | |
| creatorOf | Jeannette Rankin Brigade. Jeannette Rankin Brigade records, 1967-1968. | New York Public Library System, NYPL | |
| creatorOf | National Council of Jewish Women Collection, 1936-1982 | Leo Baeck Institute Archives | |
| referencedIn | Engel, Katharine Asher, 1898-1957. Papers, 1916-1957. | Smith College, Neilson Library | |
| referencedIn | Papers, [ca.1945-1948], 1975. | New York State Historical Documents Inventory | |
| referencedIn | Max Katz family. Katz family correspondence letters photographs. | United States Holocaust Memorial Museum | |
| referencedIn | National Council of Jewish Women. Chicago Section. National Council of Jewish Women, Chicago Section records, 1899-1973 (bulk 1920-1970). | Chicago History Museum | |
| referencedIn | Ruth Fischer papers, 1925-1961 (inclusive) 1940-1961 (bulk) | Houghton Library | |
| referencedIn | Papers, 1884-1998 (inclusive), 1929-1988 (bulk) | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Shinedling Family Papers, 1970-1971 | The University of New Mexico, University Libraries, Center for SouthwestResearch | |
| referencedIn | Gladys Freeman Cahn papers | Tulane University, Howard-Tilton Memorial Library | |
| referencedIn | Gold, Doris B. Papers, 1962-1983 (inclusive). | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Goodman and Levy family papers and scrapbooks, 1850-2003 | Bancroft Library | |
| creatorOf | National Council of Jewish Women. Collection, 1929-1959 1929-1940 (bulk). | Swarthmore College, Peace Collection, SCPC | |
| referencedIn | Committee on the Cause and Cure of War. Records, 1923-1948 (inclusive). | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Gruenberg, Bertha Sanford. Papers, 1898-1985 (inclusive). | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Kretzmer, Lilli Cohen. Papers, 1950-1976 (inclusive). | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Learned Hand papers | Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138 | |
| referencedIn | Union of American Hebrew Congregations. Records, 1873-1985. | The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives | |
| referencedIn | Beatrice Feingold Papers | Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at New England Historic Genealogical Society | |
| referencedIn | J. B. Matthews Papers, 1862-1986 and undated | David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library | |
| referencedIn | Additional papers of Mary Steichen Calderone, (inclusive), (bulk), 1914-1989, 1960-1989 | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| creatorOf | Schonfield, Miriam. Jewish Religious Schools, Southwestern District of Pennsylvania paper 1996. | Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania, Heinz History Center Detre Library and Archives | |
| referencedIn | Cotton, Sylvia, 1912-. Sylvia Cotton papers, 1958-1974. | University of Illinois at Chicago Library, UIC | |
| referencedIn | Shinedling family. Papers, 1942-1973. | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | |
| referencedIn | Christian Archibald Herter papers, 1929-1967 (inclusive), 1943-1966 (bulk). | Houghton Library | |
| referencedIn | Prescott S. Bush Papers., undated, 1952-1962. | Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Center. | |
| referencedIn | Jeannette Rankin Brigade records, 1967-1968 | New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division | |
| creatorOf | Jewish Family and Children's Service (Milwaukee, Wis.). Jewish Family and Children's Service records, 1867-2006. | Milwaukee Jewish Historical Society | |
| referencedIn | Esther Landa photograph collection, 1930s-1990s | J. Willard Marriott Library. University of Utah Photograph Archives | |
| referencedIn | Records, 1923-1948 | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Papers, 1962-1983 | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America |
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