This Week in History
Emma Goldman released from jail and then reimprisoned
Emma Goldman was released from a two-year prison term, on September 27, 1919, only to be immediately reimprisoned.
Birth of Victorian painter Rebecca Solomon
“Rebecca Solomon’s success as a professional artist was remarkable in the mid-nineteenth century, a time when women artists were the exception rather than the rule. However, that she was among the first Jewish women artists, if not the first, makes her career and artwork even more important.”
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This Week: September 24 - September 30
Birth of "I Never Promised You a Rose Garden" author, Joanne Greenberg
Joanne Greenberg, author of "I Never Promised You a Rose Garden," was born.
Birth of musician, writer, journalist, Eugenia Zukerman
Eugenia Zukerman, multitalented flutist, author, and journalist, was born.
Birth of Victorian painter Rebecca Solomon
"That Rebecca Solomon was among the first Jewish women artists, if not the first, makes her career and artwork even more important.”
Emma Goldman released from jail and then reimprisoned
Emma Goldman, described by J. Edgar Hoover as "beyond doubt, [one] of the most dangerous anarchists in this country," was released from a two-year prison term, only to be immediately rearrested.
“One Day at a Time” starring Bonnie Franklin begins its second season.
"I just want to say, ‘C’mon guys, I’m an intelligent person, why don’t you just trust me?’ But you can’t give up.” - Actress Bonnie Franklin
Honor for children's television activist Peggy Charren
Peggy Charren, education advocate and founder of Action for Children's Television, received a Presidential Medal of Freedom acknowledging her almost three decades of advocacy.
Writer Ruth Gruber born
Writer and humanitarian Ruth Gruber, who led a 1944 American mission to save 1000 WWII refugees, was born.
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Jewish Women's Archive. "This Week in History: September 24 – September 30." (Viewed on September 25, 2018) <https://jwa.org/thisweek>.
