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Davis and Isaacs Family Papers

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Identifier: P-936

Abstract The Isaacs and the Davis families were both active members of the Jewish community in Cincinnati, Ohio dating back to the mid 19th century. The Davis family includes Charles K., who along with Leo Wise helped to found the Beersheba immigrant colony in Kansas in 1882. The Isaacs family included many well-known, religious, legal, and medical scholars. The two families were joined together on March 21, 1912 when Ella Davis, daughter of Charles K. Davis and Ida (Fletcher) Davis, married Nathan...

Dates: undated, 1882-1987 Addendum 1: undated, 1863 - 1997

Found in: Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors

Jennie Loitman Barron Papers

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Identifier: P-547

Abstract Jennie Loitman Barron was a judge and suffragist. She earned her law degree and master of law at Boston University. As the first president of the Boston University Equal Suffrage League, JLB advocated for equal rights for women. In 1934 she was appointed by the Governor of Massachusetts as a special Justice of the Western Norfolk District. JLB was the first mother on the Boston School Committee, and the first female United States delegate to the United Nations Congress on Crime and Juvenile...

Dates: undated, 1954-1960

Found in: Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors

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