This Week in History

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April 22—April 28

1912

Wage Earners' League for Woman Suffrage holds first mass rally

Clara Lemlich in a Shirtwaist, circa 1910

April 22

1980

Barbara Tuchman delivers Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities

Barbara Tuchman

April 24

1846

First meeting of The United Order of True Sisters

April 25

1978

"New York Times" profiles entrepreneur Lillian Vernon

Lillian Vernon

April 26

1944

Helene Deutsch publishes first volume of "The Psychology of Women"

Helene Deutsch

April 27

2012

Maggie Gyllenhaal connected to the most ancient Jewish women by PBS' "Finding Your Roots"

Maggie Gyllenhaal, March 7, 2010

April 22

1965

A 22-year-old’s first TV special: "My Name is Barbra"

Barbra Streisand, 1962

April 28

1960

Birth of writer Marisa Silver

Marisa Silver

April 23

1944

Founding of the B'nai B'rith Girls (BBG)

April 22

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Jewish Women's Archive. "This Week in History." (Viewed on April 25, 2024) <http://jwa.org/thisweek>.