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Felicia Herman

Felicia Herman is Executive Director of Natan, a Jewish foundation in New York City.

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Sisterhoods of Personal Service in the United States

Sisterhoods of Personal Service coordinated the philanthropic work of synagogue sisterhoods across New York City and the United States in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, assisting a considerable number of immigrants through a variety of financial, vocational, educational, and social programs.

Alice Davis Menken

Alice Davis Menken was an influential social reformer whose many published works had a notable impact on the field of penology. She became interested in delinquency among young female Jewish immigrants while working at a settlement house on the Lower East Side. Menken proceeded to pioneer the argument that therapy, not punishment, is the most effective treatment for young delinquents.

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Jewish Women's Archive. "Felicia Herman." (Viewed on March 29, 2024) <http://jwa.org/encyclopedia/author/herman-felicia>.