# Estelle C. Williams

Estelle C. Williams is working toward a doctorate in English at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. She teaches at Baruch College, CUNY, and at the Rosa Parks campus of the College of New Rochelle.



## Articles by this author

## [Selina Greenbaum](/encyclopedia/article/greenbaum-selina)

Selina Greenbaum was a philanthropist who created recreational resorts for overworked factory girls. In 1890, Greenbaum became the founding president of the Jewish Working Girl’s Vacation Society, which gave working young women a chance to find relief away from their demanding factory jobs.



 

 



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## [Katharine Engel](/encyclopedia/article/engel-katherine)

Katherine Engel helped the massive wave of European Jewish émigrés after World War II resettle and adjust to life in the United States. A renowned emigré expert and Jewish communal leader, Engel was also an outspoken critic of McCarthyism and a tireless advocate of immigration reform.