For Women’s History Month, the Forward presents “Unsung Women,” a special project showcasing Jewish women — from biblical times to our modern moment — whose stories have rarely been told.
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Life Unsung women | Flora Sassoon: She “walked like a queen, talked like a sage”
Editor’s note: For Women’s History Month, the Forward presents “Unsung Women,” a special project showcasing Jewish women — from biblical times to our modern moment — whose stories have rarely been told. Who she was: Flora Sassoon Where and when: 19th-century India What we know: Born in Bombay to a wealthy Baghdadi Jewish family, Sassoon…
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Life Unsung Women | Grace Aguilar: “The moral governess to the Hebrew family”
Editor’s note: For Women’s History Month, the Forward presents “Unsung Women,” a special project showcasing Jewish women — from biblical times to our modern moment — whose stories have rarely been told. Who she was: Grace Aguilar Where and when: Victorian England What we know: Born to Portuguese Jewish parents who fled the Inquisition, Grace…
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Life Unsung Women | Licoricia of Winchester: The Jewish businesswoman who funded the rebuilding of Westminster Abbey
Editor’s note: For Women’s History Month, the Forward presents “Unsung Women,” a special project showcasing Jewish women — from biblical times to our modern moment — whose stories have rarely been told. Who she was: Licoricia of Winchester Where and when: 12th-century England What we know: Licoricia was born in the early 13th century and…
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Life Unsung Women | The wife of Dunash ibn Labrat: An enigmatic Sephardi poet
Editor’s note: For Women’s History Month, the Forward presents “Unsung Women,” a special project showcasing Jewish women — from biblical times to our modern moment — whose stories have rarely been told. Who she was: the wife of Dunash ben Labrat When and where: 10th-century Spain What we know: Not a lot — not even…
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Life Unsung Women | Babatha: The real housewife of ancient Judea
Editor’s note: For Women’s History Month, the Forward presents “Unsung Women,” a special project showcasing Jewish women — from biblical times to our modern moment — whose stories have rarely been told. Who she was: Babatha, daughter of Shim’on When and where: 2nd-century Judea What we know: Born in the town of Mahoza in the…
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