The Shalvi/Hyman Encyclopedia of Jewish Women

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Steven Siegel

Steven Siegel, library director and archivist at the 92nd Street YM-YWHA in New York City, is a graduate of Cornell University. He is a genealogist and local history researcher and has served as president of the Jewish Genealogical Society and the Archivists Round Table of Metropolitan New York. He is the compiler of Archival Resources, volume 1 of Jewish Immigrants of the Nazi Period in the USA.

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Sarah Lavanburg Straus

With the support of philanthropist Baroness Clara de Hirsch, Sarah Lavanburg Straus helped to establish two homes for immigrant girls in New York City early in the twentieth century.

Esther Herrman

Esther Mendels Herrman’s generosity and activism helped create many vital Jewish and secular institutions, from Barnard College (where she is considered a “founder”) to the 92nd Street Y