Philanthropy and Volunteerism: Philanthropy
Henrietta Scheuer Wimpfheimer
An extraordinarily active woman who lived to be 103, Henrietta Scheuer Wimpfheimer was representative of many nineteenth-century urban Jewish women. Wimpfheimer was widowed young and filled the remaining half of her life with a plethora of social work, including the United Order of True Sisters and the New York Guild for the Blind.
Gertrude Wineman
Gertrude Wineman was an indefatigable leader of the Jewish community of Detroit for almost forty years.
Louise Waterman Wise
Although most historians view Louise Waterman Wise as simply the wife of Stephen S. Wise, her influence as a tireless advocate for the care and protection of children, the development of communal health care, refugee resettlement, and the establishment of the State of Israel was unparalleled.
Doris Zelinsky
While Doris Zelinsky has spent her professional career in the food industry, the work closest to her heart has been preserving the memory of the Holocaust.
