This Week in History

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November 18—November 24

1977

Bella Abzug convenes National Women's Conference in Houston

Congresswoman Barbara Jordan Speaking at the National Women's Conference with Bella Abzug and Rosalynn Carter, 1977

November 18

1887

Emma Lazarus dies at age 38

Emma Lazarus

November 19

1929

Gertrude Berg debuts in "The Goldbergs"

Gertrude Berg

November 20

1935

Rebekah Kohut honored for fifty years of communal activism

Rebekah Bettelheim Kohut

November 21

1909

Clara Lemlich sparks "Uprising of the 20,000"

Women on the Picket Line at the "Uprising of the 20,000," February 1910

November 22

1978

Dianne Feinstein's career changed by violence

Dianne Feinstein

November 22

1847

American women mark death of British author Grace Aguilar

Grace Aguilar

November 23

2008

Rena Glickman featured by Sports Illustrated

Rusty Kanokogi

November 24

1988

Paula Abdul Releases First No. 1 Hit Single “Straight Up”

Paula Abdul, 1990

November 22

2021

Brazilian singer Carla Sitton Berg releases “NES (Miracle),” a Ladino Hanukkah song

Carla Sitton-Berg album cover

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Jewish Women's Archive. "This Week in History." (Viewed on November 21, 2024) <https://jwa.org/thisweek>.