Emma Lazarus Federation of Jewish Women's Clubs Records

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Emma Lazarus Federation of Jewish Women's Clubs Records

1921-1989 (bulk 1960-1985)

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Consists of materials generated or collected by the organization during its existence from 1951 to 1989 and describes the activities and interests of its membership. The collection includes a small amount of material from the organization's predecessor, the ELD-JPFO, dated 1944 to 1951, and scattered articles concerning women's history from 1921 and 1940. The collection includes material received from clubs in other parts of the country, notably Los Angeles, Miami, Chicago, and many New Jersey communities. However, unless the geographic origin is specified, the majority of items originated at the national office in New York City or one of the clubs in the New York metropolitan area (Bronx or Brooklyn). Subjects dealt with in the collection include: child welfare, Jewish culture, education, American Jewish history, Emma Lazarus, the Statue of Liberty, immigration, Ernestine Rose, women's rights, civil rights, genocide, anti-Semitism, racism, Jewish-Black relations, legislation, consumer's rights, labor unions, rights of foreign-born Americans, and relief.

8.8 linear ft.

eng, Latn

The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives

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The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives

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Nelson, Leah

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Jewish Peoples Fraternal Order of the I.W.O. (U.S.). Emma Lazarus Division

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Raynes, Rose

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Emma Lazarus Federation of Jewish Women's Clubs

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Began with the United Council of Working Class Housewives which later became the Progressive Women's Council, the latter organization merged with the Jewish People's Fraternal Order-IWO to become its women's division; in 1951 at the third national convention of the Emma Lazarus Division of the Jewish People's Fraternal Order-IWO (ELD-JPFO) members voted to split away from the parent organization (JPFO) they had outgrown; they named the new organization the Emma Lazarus Federation of Jewish Women...

Lazarus, Emma, 1849-1887

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Born on July 22, 1849 in New York City, Emma Lazarus was the fourth of seven surviving children to Sephardic-Ashkenazi parents Moses and Esther (Nathan) Lazarus. Lazarus was most likely privately tutored; she was proficient in German, French, and Italian. Her Jewish education consisted of knowledge of the Bible and observing a form of Sabbath and holidays, but as one of Lazarus’ associates said “the religious side of Judaism had little interest for Miss Lazarus, or for any member of her family.”...

Gordon, June, 1901-1967

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United Council of Working Class Housewives (U.S.)

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Progressive Women's Council (U.S.)

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Rose, Ernestine L. (Ernestine Louise), 1810-1892

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Ernestine Rose was born Jan. 13, 1810 in Piotrków Trybunalski, Congress Poland. Her father was a wealthy rabbi although Rose remained a staunch atheist throughout her life. She left Poland at the age of 17 and eventually relocated to England. There she met Utopian Socialist, Robert Owen, a socialist, and the two were good friends. She married William Ella Rose, another socialist and the two emigrated to the United States in 1836 and settled in NYC. Rose became a speaker for abolition of slaver...