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Alice Lillie Seligsberg (1873-1940) was an American Zionist, social worker, and president of Hadassah Women's Zionist Organization of America from 1921 to 1923.[1][2]
Early Life and Education
[edit]Alice Seligsberg was born on August 8, 1873, in New York to Louis and Lillie (Wolff) Seligsberg.[1][2][3] Her parents were affiliated with the Ethical Culture Movement, and the values of this movement guided Seligsberg throughout her life and career.[3] She graduated from Barnard College with a bachelor's degree in 1895 and did graduate work at Columbia University and Friedrich Wilhelm University in Berlin.[1][2][3]
Work with Hadassah, the Women's Zionist Organization of America
[edit]In 1918, Hadassah, the Women's Zionist Organization of America founded the American Zionist Medical Unit, with Alice Seligsberg in charge of its administration. From 1921 to 1923, she served as Hadassah's national president.[2] She was later an honorary associate of the national board. In 1920, Seligsberg was instrumental in founding Junior Hadassah; she served as adviser to Junior Hadassah from 1924 until her death.[1][3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Alice Seligsberg of Hadassah Dies; National President, 1921-22, Noted Welfare Worker, Led Medical Unit to Palestine". The New York Times. 29 August 1940.
- ^ a b c d "Alice Lillie Seligsberg". Jewish Women's Archive. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
- ^ a b c d Jacobs, Rose G. (1942). "Alice L. Seligsberg". The American Jewish Year Book. 43. American Jewish Committee: 431–436.