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Senda Berenson

Known as the "Mother of Women's Basketball," Senda Berenson pioneered women's basketball as the director of the physical education department at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts.

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Ethel Rosenberg

Convicted and executed on June 19, 1953, with her husband Julius Rosenberg, for conspiracy to divulge atomic secrets to the Soviet Union, Rosenberg was only the second woman in the United States to be executed by the federal government.

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Fannie Hurst

Fannie Hurst was among the most popular and sought-after writers of the post–World War I era. In her heyday, Hurst was a contributor to the Saturday Evening Post, the Century magazine, and Cosmopolitan magazine, and was featured in annual editions of The Best American Short Story. Her novels and stories were translated into a dozen languages.

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Jewish Women's Archive. "Jewish Women: A Comprehensive Historical Encyclopedia." <http://jwa.org/encyclopedia/> (February 9, 2010).