Hannah G. Solomon Papers 1817-1986 (bulk 1892-1942)

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Hannah G. Solomon Papers 1817-1986 (bulk 1892-1942)

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Civic leader and founder of the National Council of Jewish Women. Correspondence, organizational records, speeches and writings, biographical and genealogical material, family papers, photographs, a scrapbook, and printed matter document Solomon’s founding of the National Council of Jewish Women in 1893 and many facets of the organization’s development through the end of World War II.

2,000 items; 12 containers plus 1 oversize; 4.6 linear feet

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Library of Congress. Manuscript Division

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SNAC Resource ID: 6356299

Library of Congress. Manuscript Division

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