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Kate Culkin

Kate Culkin is an archival assistant and master’s student in American history at New York University. A graduate of Middlebury College (B.A.), she writes a regular column for the journal Verbivore and has published an article in Ladies Start Your Engines. Culkin has also worked as a project archivist at the Brooklyn Museum.

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Vera Gordon

Although she started acting in Russia at a young age, Vera Gordon initially struggled to build a career in the United States. She went on to a long career on stage and screen, however, known especially for portraying Jewish mothers in a positive light—with warmth and deep emotion.