Jewish Women on the Map - Beth Levine Childhood Home

Location

Beth Levine Childhood Home
25 West Avenue
Patchogue, NY
United States

Childhood home of legendary shoe designer Beth Levine, who introduced the mule and the stilletto to America.

Born Elizabeth "Bessie" Katz in 1914 to Lithuanian immigrants who made their living as cattle and dairy farmers on eastern Long Island, after high school she moved to New York City where she made her career.

Type: 
Birthplace/home/school/workplace of a history maker
Rights: 
Creative Commons (attribution non-commercial share alike)

Submitted by

Lucy

Discuss

Do you have updates to this article? Links to online resources of interest? Are there other areas for this article that you feel should be mentioned, or mentioned in more detail? Let us know.

Post new comment

How to cite this page

Jewish Women's Archive. "Beth Levine Childhood Home." (Viewed on May 18, 2013) <http://jwa.org/onthemap/beth-levine-childhood-home>.