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Karen Trahan Leathem

Karen Trahan Leathem is a historian at the Louisiana State Museum.

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Ida Weis Friend

Ida Weis Friend worked to improve the lives of those in her Southern Jewish community on many levels. Her leadership in Jewish organizations, such as Hadassah and the National Council of Jewish Women, and her political activism, such as her time as a delegate to the Democratic National Convention and Commission on Interracial Cooperation, earned her many honors and accolades.

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Jewish Women's Archive. "Karen Trahan Leathem." (Viewed on December 25, 2024) <https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/author/leathem-karen>.