Great Women You've Never Heard Of: Women's History Month at JWA
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: despite devoting my life to women’s history, I’m not the biggest fan of Women’s History Month. While I love the public attention that turns to women’s stories in March, I hate the assumption that the stories of half the population deserve this attention just 1/12 of the year.
And of course, at JWA, every month is Women’s History Month! Every day of every month, we tell the stories of Jewish women, celebrated and unheralded. In the past six months alone, we’ve added more than 1,000 profiles of Jewish women to our site! Every day, we uncover new stories that surprise, challenge, and inspire us—and we share them with you.
This Women’s History Month, we want to make sure that you’re not only encountering the stories of women every day, but that you’re expanding your sense of who Jewish women are and what they’ve done. So this year, we’re bringing you a daily series of Great Women You’ve Never Heard Of. Follow us on Facebook to meet these little-known women. Share their stories with your friends, and be part of JWA’s movement to bring women’s stories into our daily lives, during Women’s History Month and beyond!
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Before you close this article, please consider supporting the Jewish Women’s Archive and uplifting Jewish women’s voices.
At JWA, we preserve the voices of Jewish women and gender-expansive people past and present, share them freely with millions online, and empower a new generation of Jewish feminists to lead with courage, creativity, and conviction.
But none of this happens without you. JWA is an independent nonprofit— we rely on people, like you, who believe that history belongs to all of us and that the voices of Jewish women must remain powerful, and heard.
This month, a generous JWA board member will match every gift dollar for dollar—up to $35,000—through June 30. Your contribution goes twice as far right now.
Every contribution—no matter the size—helps us document, teach, and inspire through Jewish women’s stories.
It takes less than a minute to make a difference.
Thank you for being a part of the JWA community,
Judith Rosenbaum, CEO
