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The Shalvi/Hyman Encyclopedia of Jewish Women

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Susan Ware

Susan Ware specializes in twentieth-century United States history and the history of American women. She is the editor of Notable American Women: A Biographical Dictionary, Completing the Twentieth Century (2004). She received her Ph.D. from Harvard University, where she studied with Barbara Miller Solomon.

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Barbara Miller Solomon

Barbara Miller Solomon was not only an educator but a pioneer in the field of women's history. Named the first female dean of Harvard College in 1970, she laid the groundwork for the formal establishment women’s studies there. Her scholarship on the history of immigration and women's history remains influential today.