The Shalvi/Hyman Encyclopedia of Jewish Women

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Lily Schwartz

Lily Schwartz (1925–2000) was the head archivist at the Philadelphia Jewish Archives Center at the Balch Institute. Schwartz received her B.A. in religion and her M.A. in liberal arts from Temple University. She gave lectures and published articles in Jewish newsletters on Jewish genealogy and the Jewish Archives Center.

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C. Marian Kohn

A product of the Progressive Era and conservative Philadelphia German Jewish society, C. Marian Kohn was a social worker and tireless advocate for working women in the early twentieth century.

Rose I. Bender

Rose I. Bender was an early twentieth-century Zionist activist who served extensively in her community, ultimately becoming the first female executive director of the Zionist Organization of Philadelphia in 1945.