HISTORY OF THE COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN. The Baltimore Section, Council of Jewish Women, was called into being May 1, 1894, by Mrs. Bertha Frank, who had the Rev. Dr. A. Guttmacher to preside over the initial meeting, with the following aj^pointed officers: Honorary president, Mrs. Bertha Rayner Frank; president, Mrs. Jacob I. Cohen; vice-president, Mrs. A. Guttmacher; secretary. Miss Rose Summerfield; treasurer, Mrs. Eli Strouse. Of these officers only one of the charter officers, Mrs. Eli Strouse, still holds position as an executive officer. The membership of the section in the year of its incipiency rose from seventy-six to 194, in the second year to 246, in the third year to 324, in the fourth year to 333. In 1908 it had 561 members. The Study Circles commenced with one class, until now there are six circles, with a membership of seventy-five, either studying the Bible or Jewish history. The objects of the Council are: To bring about closer relations among Jewish women; to furnish by an organic union a medium of communication and a means of prosecuting work of common interest; to further united efforts in behalf of Judaism by supplying means of study; to further united efforts in behalf of social reform by the application of the best philanthropic thought.
0/^cers— 1908-1909: (Affiliated
with the Maryland State Federation of Women's Clubs.)
Honorary Presidents
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Rayneb Frank, Mrs. Jacob I. Cohen Mrs. Moses Goldenberq Mrs. M. F. Garner Mrs. Jos. Wiesenfeld, Mrs. A. Guttmacher Miss Amelia Schiff Mrs. Sydney Whitehill
.Mrs. Bertha
Past President President Vice-Presidents
Treasurer
Recording Secretary Corresponding Secretary
Mrs. Eli (Hennie) Strouse Directors
Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs.
Henry Sonneborn.
Kemper. Mrs. Aaron Straus. Mrs. Dr. Samuels. Mrs. C. Mansbach. INIrs. Harry Friedenwald. ]Mbs. A.
Levi Gottschalk. Chas. Gans.
Abe B. Lowenstein. Goody Rosenfei.d.
Directors— \Q09,-\QU:
Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs.
Moses Goldenberg. Reuben Ottenheimer. S. J. Harman.
Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs.
Elias Dettelbach. Simon Frank.
Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs.
Eli Frank.
Milton Westheimer.
Bernard Wiesenfeld. Rachel Lowenthal. M. L. Bloom. Sydney M. Cone. Jos.
Hollander.
Directors— \9m-lQ\2: Isaac Oppenheimer. Mrs. Robert Skutcii. Mrs. Wm. Strous. Mrs. Emelia Schiff. Mrs. Sydney Whitehill. ]\Irs.
Harry Hamburger.
Mona Lowenthal.
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Jacob Moses.
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