Papers of Beatrice Sobel Burstein, (inclusive), (bulk) 1928-2001 1954-1991

Burstein, Jessica

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Jessica Burstein, born in Nassau County on Long Island, was educated in Switzerland and New York. From an early age she developed an interest in photography, having a dark room by age 11. She began her career in 1974 as the first female staff photographer for the NBC television network. She remained at NBC for about four years taking pictures of everything from news events, such as the 1976 Democratic National Convention, to television shows and movies, such as "Saturday Night Live" and the mini...

Simon, Caroline K. (Caroline Klein)

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Justin K. and Hilde Thannhauser: art collectors; New York. From the description of Caroline Simon correspondence with Justin K. and Hilde Thannhauser, 1974-1981. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122595151 Lawyer and judge (New York University, LL.B.), Simon has served on the New York State Commission Against Discrimination and the State Youth Commission; is an expert on crime prevention and problems of children's and women's courts; was Secretary of State of N.Y., 1959-1963, a...

Burstein, Beatrice Sobel, 1915-1991

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Judge and advocate for the rights of children and prisoners, Beatrice (Sobel) Burstein was born in Brooklyn, New York, on May 18, 1915, the daughter of Joseph and Tillie (Star) Sobel, immigrants from what is now Poland. After attending New York University, she graduated from the School of Law at St. John’s University in 1937, passing the bar exam in 1940. In 1937, she married lawyer Herbert Burstein. They had six children: Karen (a lawyer and judge on New York City's Family Court),...

Moyers, Bill D.

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Bill Moyers was born in Hugo, Oklahoma in 1934. He began his career in journalism at age sixteen as a cub reporter at the Marshall News Messenger in Marshall, Texas. He went on to enroll at North Texas State College and study journalism, later transferring to continue his studies at the University of Texas at Austin. While there, Moyers wrote for the Daily Texan, UT’s student newspaper. He also married Judith Suzanne Davidson, with whom he eventually had three children. In 1956, he ...

Tree, Marietta Peabody, 1917-1991

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Mary Endicott Tree, known as Marietta, was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts, on April 12, 1917, the daughter of Malcolm and Mary (Parkman) Peabody. In 1925, her family moved to suburban Philadelphia, where her father served as rector of St. Paul's Church, and Tree went to Shady Hill Country Day School, followed by St. Timothy's, a boarding school in Maryland and a year at a finishing school in Italy. She then attended the University of Pennsylvania before marrying Desmond FitzGerald...

New York (State). Department of Social Services

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Nassau County Women's Bar Association

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Suffolk County Jail

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National Association of Women Lawyers

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The National Association of Women Lawyers grew out of the Women Lawyers Club, which was formed by 18 women lawyers in New York City in 1899. Its first major project was support for women's suffrage, a concern that was featured prominently in the Women Lawyers' Journal, which began publication in 1911. Other organizational goals included appointment of women to the bench, the right of women to serve on juries, the enactment of child labor legislation, minimum wage laws, and the defeat of protecti...

Great Meadow Correctional Institution

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Nassau County Women Lawyers' Association

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National Association of Women Judges (U.S.)

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Founded in 1979, the National Association of Women Judges "seeks to promote the administration of justice; to discuss and formulate solutions to legal, educational, social, and ethical problems encountered by women judges; to increase the number of women judges so that the judiciary more appropriately reflects the role of women in a democratic society." It also initiates studies of gender bias in the courts. From the description of [Videotape collection] [videorecording]. 1979-1993. ...

Nassau County Jail

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Nassau County Bar Association.

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Bar Association of Nassau County, N.Y.

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Westfield State Farm.

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Nickerson, Eugene

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Western Reformatory for Women.

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New York (State). Department of Correction

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American Jewish congress

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The American Jewish Congress was founded originally in 1918 by a group of Jewish American leaders as an umbrella structure for Jewish organizations to represent the American Jewish interests at the Peace Conference following the end of World War I. It was seen as a national parliamentary assembly representing all American Jews. Representatives to the Congress were selected by all major national Jewish organizations and delegates representing local communities were elected by some 35...

Burstein, Judd

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Lawyer and son of Judge Beatrice Sobel Burstein and Herbert Burstein (a lawyer). Brother of Karen (a lawyer and judge on New York City's Family Court), Ellen (a television news anchor), Patricia (an author), Jessica (a photographer), and John (a children's health activist known as Slim Goodbody)....

United Nations. Commission on the Status of Women

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Burstein, Herbert, 1915-1983

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Herbert Burstein, an international lawyer, died of cancer Monday at Mount Sinai Hospital. He was 68 years old and lived in Lawrence, L.I. During a 41-year legal career, Mr. Burstein practiced law not only in the United States, but also in Europe, the Middle East and the Far East. He specialized in corporate mergers, transportation law and labor-management contracts. He also represented the TV Film Producers Association and the Restaurant League of New York. He served as special counsel ...

Nassau County's Children's Shelter

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Business and Professional Women's Club of Nassau County

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Albion State Training School.

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House of Detention for Women

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O'Connor, Sandra Day, 1930-2023

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Sandra Day O’Connor was born in El Paso, Texas, March 26, 1930. She married John Jay O’Connor III in 1952 and has three sons - Scott, Brian, and Jay. She received her B.A. and LL.B. from Stanford University. She served as Deputy County Attorney of San Mateo County, California from 1952–1953 and as a civilian attorney for Quartermaster Market Center, Frankfurt, Germany from 1954–1957. From 1958–1960, she practiced law in Maryvale, Arizona, and served as Assistant Attorney General of Arizona from ...