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Judith Rosenbaum on Rose Kushner

This Week in History: On June 22, 1929, cancer patient advocate Rose Kushner was born. Judith Rosenbaum discusses the impact of Kushner's controversial demand to have a say in whether or not she would have a mastectomy.

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Jewish Women's Archive. "Judith Rosenbaum on Rose Kushner ." (Viewed on June 15, 2026) <https://qa.jwa.org/media/judith-rosenbaum-on-rose-kushner>.