About "This Week in History"
This Week in History offers a unique calendar of American Jewish experience—connecting specific dates throughout the year to an array of compelling historic events related to American Jewish women.
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NOVEMBER 17, 1950
Soprano Roberta Peters debuted at the Metropolitan Opera when she replaced a colleague on six hours notice; she achieved the longest tenure of any Met soprano. more >>
NOVEMBER 18, 1977
Spearheaded by Bella Abzug, the federally funded National Women's Conference convened in Houston to put forward a National Plan of Action. more >>
NOVEMBER 19, 1887
Emma Lazarus, author of the "The New Colossus," the poem that has come to represent the voice of the Statue of Liberty, died at age 38. more >>
NOVEMBER 20, 1929
Gertrude Berg debuted as matriarch Molly Goldberg on NBC Radio's "The Goldbergs." more >>
NOVEMBER 21, 1935
New York communal worker Rebekah Kohut was honored for 50 years of dedicated service at a gala dinner for 800, where she was presented with $50,000 to distribute to her favorite charities. more >>
NOVEMBER 22, 1909
Clara Lemlich's passionate words sparked the "Uprising of the 20,000," a general strike of New York garment workers that marked a turning point in U.S. labor activism. more >>
NOVEMBER 22, 1978
After the assassination of San Francisco Mayor George Moscone, Dianne Feinstein was sworn in as the first female mayor of San Francisco. more >>
NOVEMBER 23, 1847
A group of Jewish women in Charleston, South Carolina deplored the death of British author Grace Aguilar as a "national calamity." more >>
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November 17 - November 23
Credits for This Week in History:
Contributors to This Week in History include Karla Goldman, Ruth Pearlstein, Lynda Yankaskas, Carol Stollar, Elizabeth Lerner, Robin Maril, Michael Klein, Emily Judem, Rachel Guberman, and Sydney Schwartz. Designed by Anna Engle, David Barberich, Ari Davidow, Harold Wood, and Isaac Simon Hodes.
