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Julie Rosewald, 1881

Julie Rosewald, opera singer and America’s first woman cantor, c. 1881, in an elegant dress with embroidered morning glories. Courtesy of the Harvard Theater Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard University.

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Jewish Women's Archive. "Julie Rosewald, 1881." (Viewed on June 15, 2026) <https://qa.jwa.org/media/julie-rosewald-1881>.