The Shalvi/Hyman Encyclopedia of Jewish Women

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Rachelle E. Friedman

Rachelle E. Friedman received her Ph.D. in American history from the University of California at Los Angeles. Her fields of research are early American history and women’s history. She has worked at Harvard University as both a tutor and a manuscript arranger and is currently a high school teacher who has taught at the Winsor School and Milton Academy in Massachusetts.

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Helen Louise Cohen

Helen Louise Cohen, an educator and author, made the study of drama more accessible and vibrant to countless high school students in the first half of the twentieth century. Although Judaism seemed to play only a small role in her adult life, it is Jewish culture and values that contributed to her regard for education and helped to shape her life’s work.