In 2001 and 2002, thirty Seattle Jewish women born in the early decades of the twentieth century opened their life stories and their homes to two oral historians and a photographer, and through them, to each of us. The result is this exhibition-bringing images and insights of women who lived through the profound changes of the twentieth century into our own worlds.

Weaving Women’s Words: Seattle Stories, was a collaborative project of the Jewish Women’s Archive and the Museum of History & Industry.

Exhibition Staff

Exhibition Curator
Ellen Smith

Photographer
Joan Roth

Director, Oral History, JWA
Jayne K. Guberman

Project Manager and Curator of Photography, MOHAI
Howard Giske

Oral Historians
Roz Bornstein
Pamela Brown Lavitt

We gratefully acknowledge the following individuals, institutions, and businesses whose dedicated work and generous contributions have made this exhibition possible.

Jewish Women’s Archive:
Seattle Community Advisory Board
Robin Boehler, Chair
Sylvia Angel
Hilary Bernstein
Nancy Etsekson
Karen Gamoran
Lila Greengard
Virginia Israel
Frankie Loeb
Cindy Masin
Barbara Mackoff
Tina Novick
Lucy Pruzan
Leslie Rosen
Michele Rosen*
Carol Sidell
Iantha Sidell
Goldie Silverman
Lucille Spring
Carol Starin
Julie Wald
Felicia Wartnik
*Member, JWA Board of Directors

Contributors
Robin Boehler
Rabbi Dan Bridge
Rabbi Salomon Cohen-Scali
The Community Fund of the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle
Karen and Gary Cone
Dani Weiss Photography
Lilly De Jaen
Nancy Etsekson
Karen Gamoran
Rabbi Lisa Gelber
Miriam Gray
Lila Greengard
Virginia Israel
Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle
Jewish Transcript
Carolyn and Steve Kessler
The Walter Lowen Family Philanthropic Fund
Marcel Kaplan
Barbara Mackoff
Hannah Miranda Miller
Sally and Kit Narodick
Tina Novick
Alan and Elaine Peizer
Sherry A. Rind
Leslie Rosen
The Rita and Herb Rosen Family Foundation
The Stanley and Michele Rosen Family Foundation
Stephen and Angela Sadis
Shulman/Loeb Family Foundation
Dr. Irwin and Babette Schiller
Betsy and Jason Schneier
Carol Sidell
Iantha Sidell
Lucille Spring
Carol Starin
David and Tzippy Twersky
The Washington State Jewish Historical Society
Karyl Winn, The University of Washington Special Collections Library
Women’s Endowment Foundation