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Hortense Calisher debuts in the New Yorker

July 10, 1948

The July 10, 1948, edition of the New Yorker magazine included as its fiction selection Hortense Calisher's short story "The Middle Dr

https://qa.jwa.org/thisweek/jul/10/1948/hortense-calisher

Liz Lerman dance celebrates Statue of Liberty centennial

July 11, 1986

As part of the celebrations of the centennial of the Statue of Liberty, Liz Lerman's Still Crossing was performed in Manhattan on July 11, 1986.

https://qa.jwa.org/thisweek/jul/11/1986/liz-lerman

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Radical activist Clara Lemlich Shavelson dies

July 12, 1982

Born in 1886, Clara Lemlich Shavelson was already a confirmed radical when she arrived in New York City in 1905.

https://qa.jwa.org/thisweek/jul/12/1982/clara-lemlich-shavelson

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"When Harry Met Sally" hits theaters

July 12, 1989

The movie When Harry Met Sally, which follows characters Sally Albright (Meg Ryan) and Harry Burns (Billy Crystal) through several decades of searching for love as they debate whether a ma

https://qa.jwa.org/thisweek/jul/12/1989/nora-ephron

Tillie Lewis opens cannery for American-grown Italian tomatoes

July 13, 1935

Tillie Lewis, born Myrtle Ehrlich, in Brooklyn, NY, on July 13, 1901, left high school after one year to work in a wholesale grocery.

https://qa.jwa.org/thisweek/jul/13/1935/tillie-lewis

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Birth of Broadway lyricist Dorothy Fields

July 15, 1904

Dorothy Fields, who wrote lyrics to over 400 songs over half a century, was born on July 15, 1904.

https://qa.jwa.org/thisweek/jul/15/1904/dorothy-fields

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Rose Schneiderman named officer of NY State Labor Party

July 16, 1936

At a meeting in the Hotel New Yorker on July 16, 1936, Rose Schneiderman was elected vice chairman of the New York State Labor Party.

https://qa.jwa.org/thisweek/jul/16/1936/rose-schneiderman

Pioneering women's history summer institute

July 18, 1979

In the summer of 1979, a fifteen-day conference (July 13-29), co-sponsored by Sarah Lawrence, the Women's Action Alliance and the Smithsonian Institution, was held at Sarah Lawrence College.

https://qa.jwa.org/thisweek/jul/18/1979/gerda-lerner

Emma Goldman's Deportation Portrait, 1919

Emma Goldman's "What I Believe"

July 19, 1908

"It is too bad that we no longer live in the times when witches were burned at the stake or tortured to drive the evil spirit out of them. For, indeed, Emma Goldman is a witch!

https://qa.jwa.org/thisweek/jul/19/1908/emma-goldman

JWI conference on Jewish domestic violence

July 20, 2003

Jewish Women International's (JWI) first-ever international conference on domestic violence in the Jewish community began in Baltimore on July 20, 2003.

https://qa.jwa.org/thisweek/jul/20/2003/jwi

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Birth of Theda Bara, the original "vamp"

July 29, 1885

Born Theodosia Goodman on July 29, 1890, Theda Bara had a brief but notable career as the star of dozens of silent films.

https://qa.jwa.org/thisweek/jul/29/1885/theda-bara

The Women’s Mizrachi Federation in America, Detroit Meeting, circa 1960s

Mizrachi Women Meet Independently for First Time

June 19, 1939

The Mizrachi Women's Organization opened its first independent meeting on June 19, 1939, in Atlantic City.

https://qa.jwa.org/thisweek/jun/19/1939/mwo

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Execution of Ethel Rosenberg

June 19, 1953

Although they were tried and executed more than half a century ago, Ethel and Julius Rosenberg's names remain familiar to most Americans.

https://qa.jwa.org/thisweek/jun/19/1953/ethel-rosenberg

First syndicated appearance of "Rhymes With Orange"

June 19, 1995

The cartoon strip Rhymes With Orange appeared in syndication for the first time on June 19, 1995.

https://qa.jwa.org/thisweek/jun/19/1995/hilary-price

Fanny Brice's Ziegfeld Follies debut

June 20, 1910

In her unfinished autobiography, Fanny Brice wrote, "I lived the way I wanted to live and never did what people said I should do." What Brice wanted

https://qa.jwa.org/thisweek/jun/20/1910/fanny-brice

Felice Gaer asks UN to take on antisemitism

June 21, 2004

On June 21, 2004, Felice Gaer gave a speech entitled "Unlearning Intolerance: Anti-Semitic Incidents Are Not Hooliganism—They Are Human Rights Abuses; The United Nations Should Address Them"

https://qa.jwa.org/thisweek/jun/21/2004/felice-gaer

Biochemist Maxine Frank Singer receives National Medal of Science

June 23, 1992

Maxine Frank Singer, a leading biochemistry researcher and advocate of science education, was awarded the National Medal of Science on June 23, 19

https://qa.jwa.org/thisweek/jun/23/1992/maxine-frank-singer

Anna Halprin receives lifetime achievement award in modern dance

June 23, 1997

On June 23, 1997, Anna Halprin received the Samuel H. Scripps/American Dance Festival Award for lifetime achievement in modern dance.

https://qa.jwa.org/thisweek/jun/23/1997/anna-halprin

Spotlight on work of AIDS activist Mathilde Krim

June 24, 1983

Biologist Mathilde Krim recognized soon after the first cases of acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) were reported in 1981 that this new dise

https://qa.jwa.org/thisweek/jun/24/1983/mathilde-krim

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First woman to cycle the globe begins journey

June 25, 1894

Annie Cohen Kopchovsky, known as Annie Londonderry, began a round-the-world bicycle trip. She became the first woman to travel around the globe by bicycle.

https://qa.jwa.org/thisweek/jun/25/1894/annie-cohen-kopchovsky

"Something Rotten in America"

June 27, 1931

Labor economist Theresa Wolfson was the principal speaker at the opening of the Barnard College Summer School for Women Workers in Industry.

https://qa.jwa.org/thisweek/jun/27/1931/theresa-wolfson

Award for Yiddish actress, Molly Picon

June 28, 1980

Born in New York in 1898, Molly Picon moved with her family to Philadelphia before she was three.

https://qa.jwa.org/thisweek/jun/28/1980/molly-picon

Reform rabbis debate women's ordination

June 30, 1922

On June 29, 1922, the Central Conference of American Rabbis (CCAR), the Reform movement's professional organization, meeting in Cape May, N.J., debated a resolution declaring that "women cannot jus

https://qa.jwa.org/thisweek/jun/30/1922/ccar

Irna Phillips produces "The Guiding Light" on TV

June 30, 1952

The Guiding Light debuted on CBS television on June 30, 1952.

https://qa.jwa.org/thisweek/jun/30/1952/irna-phillips

Meetings held to plan National Organization for Women

June 30, 1966

The foundation for the National Organization for Women was laid at a meeting in Betty Friedan's hotel room in Washington, DC.

https://qa.jwa.org/thisweek/jun/30/1966/now

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