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Janet Wells Greene

Janet Wells Greene is a Ph.D. candidate in American history at New York University. She recently completed a year as a Smithsonian Fellow at the National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C., and is at work on her dissertation, “Camera Wars: Coal Miners and the Politics of Photography in the Truman Era.” Greene is an archivist at the Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives at New York University. Her publications include Volume 1 of From Forge to Fast Food: Child Labor in New York State, From Colonial Times to the Civil War.

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Anna Jacobson

As a member of Hunter College's German department and scholar of German literature, Anna Jacobson fought to preserve the study of German language and literature during the 1930s and 1940s, when many felt that it was inappropriate for American students to study the language of the Nazis. She was also a noted expert on the writer Thomas Mann.

Minna Regina Falk

Minna Regina Falk was a historian, writer, and professor who is remembered for her work on German history. She became the first female full professor in New York University’s history department in 1963.

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Jewish Women's Archive. "Janet Wells Greene." (Viewed on December 14, 2024) <https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/author/greene-janet>.