Goldie Schucklin founds Ladies Montefiore Aid, a welfare organization, in 1895.

  • By Lee Micklin
  • Posted 10/30/1998
  • HistoryLink.org Essay 101
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In 1895, in Seattle, Goldie Schucklin, an ardent fundraiser and dedicated Jewish community volunteer, founds the Ladies Montefiore Aid, a welfare organization. The Society is active until 1936, when the founder dies.


Sources:

Washington State Jewish Historical Society, The Jewish Experience in Washington State: A Chronology 1853-1995 (Seattle: Washington State Jewish Historical Society, 1998).


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