Indeed, Gertrude Schimmel, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Rosalyn Yalow, Mildred Dresselhaus, Muriel Siebert, and the other pioneering Jewish women of The Greatest Generation forced opened employment doors previously closed to American women, whatever their religious, racial, or ethnic background.

While the most popular job for college-educated Jewish women of the post-World War I generation was teaching, many opted for career roads that were not as welcoming as well as less traveled, to borrow from a famous Robert Frost poem. And despite the many obstacles thrown in their paths, they neither stumbled nor retreated.

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May the lives of these indomitable Jewish-American women continue to inspire their children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and generations yet unborn. L’dor v’dor.

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Mark Schulte is a prolific writer whose work has appeared in a number of publications including The Weekly Standard, New York Post, New York Daily News, and The Jewish Press.