My mother is a woman in her 70s who's a member of Hadassah (an organization of American Jewish women), has been asked to do a presentation for their next big regional (online) meeting. She's been asked to present specifically about accomplishments of American Jewish women in the 20th Century, but her ability to do research is limited.
Basically, she will be reading from her prepared notes, maybe with some slides, while on a Zoom meeting with regional and chapter department heads. Our local libraries are closed, and she has no experience with web searches. I tried a little poking around a few sources myself, but unfortunately Wikipedia seems to lack a category for American Jewish women, which would have been my ideal starting place. Can MeFites please help point me at a few names? I'll lay some options out for her, and then she can pick the one I'll (help her) do a deeper dive on.
The criteria are:
-American Jewish women
-From 20th or 21st Century (within the timeline of Hadassah's existence, basically)
-Who performed some kind of excellent service for the world in line with the organization's mission: i.e. medicine, education, science, sociology, politics, humanitarian works, law, government, etc. Individual achievements in sports are probably OK, but entertainers probably aren't unless there's a pro-social angle to them.
-Ruth Bader Ginsburg is already taken, unfortunately.
Any help is appreciated. I don't know when the due date for all this is but it's probably no later than Memorial Day. Thank you! |
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