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Bettie Lowenberg scrapbooks and other materials, approximately 1908-1923.
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Bettie Lowenberg scrapbooks and other materials, approximately 1908-1923Creator/Contributor:
Lowenberg, I., Mrs, 1845-1924, creator, creator.Creator/Contributor:
Judah L. Magnes Museum, WJHC 1998.001.Creator/Contributor:
Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and LifeAbstract:
Five scrapbooks containing clippings relating primarily to the publication and reception of Bettie Lowenberg's three novels
and her work on the Women's Auxiliary of the Panama Pacific International Exposition in 1915; one folder of miscellany; and
one folder of family photographs of Bettie Lowenberg's daughter, Ruby, son-in-law, Abraham L. Brown, and grandson, Albert
L. Brown.
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1908 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caMrs -- Lowenberg, I -- 1845-1924 -- Archives
Panama-Pacific International Exposition (1915 : San Francisco, Calif.)
Jewish women -- California -- San Francisco
Women civic leaders -- California -- San Francisco
Divorce -- Law and legislation -- United States
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Formerly: Judah L. Magnes Museum Collection Number WJHC 1998.001.
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Bettie Lowenberg scrapbooks and other materials, BANC MSS 2010/957, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
In English.
Bettie Lowenberg was born Bettie Lilienfeld in 1845 near Mobile, Alabama. Her parents were William Lilienfeld and Paulina
Levy. Around 1860, the Lilienfeld family moved west. William, Paulina and some of the children settled in Carson City, Nevada,
where William had a dry goods store. Bettie stayed in San Francisco and married merchant Isador Lowenberg in 1862. In the
1890s, Bettie became active in the women's club movement in San Francisco. She was a member and president of the Laurel Hall
Club and the founder of the elite San Francisco Jewish women's club, The Philomath Club (founded in 1894). After the turn
of the century Bettie became politically active and started writing on a range of issues, including divorce law reform. She
is the author of three novels: The Irresistable Current (1908), A Nation's Crime (1910), and The Voices (1920). She also authored
many magazine articles. Bettie was a leader in the San Francisco Red Cross and served on the Women's Auxiliary of the Panama
Pacific International Exposition in 1915.
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