The Shalvi/Hyman Encyclopedia of Jewish Women

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Sally Gottesman

Sally Gottesman is a consultant to not-for-profit organizations in New York City. She received her B.A. from Wellesely College and her M.A. in Public and Private Management from Yale University. She has served on numerous boards, including those of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, Americans for Peace Now, StorahTelling and Kolot, where she served as founding Board Chair.

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Patricia Barr

Patricia Barr turned her personal struggles into a national cause as an advocate for breast cancer research and treatment. An “out-liar,” as she called herself, Barr became an activist in multiple worlds: breast cancer, feminism, Judaism, education, and the Israeli peace movement.