Liberty Bonds - Personnel: W - THIRD LIBERTY LOAN CAMPAIGN, NEW YORK CITY, APRIL, 1918. Rabbi Stephen Wise speaking at Sub-Treasury Building in the interest of the loan

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Liberty Bonds - Personnel: W - THIRD LIBERTY LOAN CAMPAIGN, NEW YORK CITY, APRIL, 1918. Rabbi Stephen Wise speaking at Sub-Treasury Building in the interest of the loan

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Wise, Stephen Samuel, 1874-1949

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Stephen Samuel Wise was born in Budapest, Hungary, and came to the United States the following year. He graduated with honors from Columbia University and in 1893 he was ordained in Austria "The People's Rabbi," as Wise would later be known, developed his deep concern for the less fortunate at an early age. Wise fought for housing projects, the abolition of child labor, the improvement of working conditions, securing rights for female workers and equal rights for African Americans. He founded th...