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“No, we've got to keep on working, no matter what the danger.  It's work or starve.  That's all there is to it."

Dr. Lena Nemerovsky Kenin distinguished herself in three fields of medicine: obstetrics, gynecology, and psychiatry.

JWA blogger Leah Berkenwald made “connections between the themes of freedom and equality in the most widely read story of her generation to the movement for equal rights for women and resistance to bigotry in a clear, energetic and youthful voice.”

"I have always cherished my family, Israel and dance." - Estelle Joan Sommers

"I saw the law as one tool that could be used to improve the world, what we Jews call tikkun olam." - Stephanie Pollack

"I don’t care what age you are—whether you’re 16 or 116—there’s nothing more wonderful than standing on the stage and shaking your finger and singing, ‘Don’t tell me what to do.’” - Singer Lesley Gore

“Sarah B. Smith is the most beloved Jewish newspaperwoman, the first who ever served as a reporter on a Jewish paper, and the one who has triumphantly overcome the misgivings of editors who mistrusted the abilities of a mere woman writer.”

“People are always introducing me as ‘Sarah Silverman, Jewish comedienne.’" 

Sophie Gerson was a legendary figure in the history of textile union organizing in the South.

"A handful of years ago no one in entertainment had heard of her.” Chelsea Handler

JWA features many stories of the Holocaust era, those who were lost, those who survived, and those who aided people in peril. 

"This is what your group ought to do … You should do practical work in Palestine."

“If an object is in the right place, it is enhanced to grandeur." - Sculptor Louise Nevelson

Selma Diamond was hard to miss, in a writer’s room, on a talk show, or in situation comedy.

A poem by WWII hero Hannah Szenes was discovered 68 years after her death.

Adrienne Cooper was in a way the mother of the Yiddish revival.

"I just want to say, ‘C’mon guys, I’m an intelligent person, why don’t you just trust me?’ But you can’t give up.” - Actress Bonnie Franklin

Lawyer Harriet Fleischl Pilpel provides the historical link between birth control activist Margaret Sanger and feminist Betty Friedan.

Fania Mindell, Margaret Sanger, and Ethel Byrne opened the first birth control clinic in the United States in Brooklyn in 1916.

Amy Blank's poetry expressed the gentleness, insight, and devotion for which she was known.