Activism: Voting Rights
Belle Winestine
During a career that spanned over seventy years, Belle Winestine devoted her time, money, and energy to the development of women’s rights legislation. As a member of the women’s movement, Winestine believed that she contributed to the historical process that encouraged women to seek public employment and to pursue professional lives.
Judy Frieze Wright
Judy Frieze Wright went to prison for her participation in Freedom Rides, but that was only the beginning of her career as an activist.
Miriam Shomer Zunser
Miriam Shomer Zunser, journalist, playwright, and artist, was an important promoter of Jewish culture in America during the period before World War II. Born in Odessa in 1882, Zunser left a strong legacy in the Yiddish literary world and in the world of Jewish activism and organization.