Bertha Hirsch Baruch

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Bertha Hirsch Baruch

Bertha Hirsch Baruch was a German-born American writer, social worker, and suffragist.

Baruch was born in the Province of Posen, Germany. She immigrated to New London, Connecticut, United States, with her father in 1876.<ref name=":0">Template:Cite book</ref> Baruch wrote poetry as an adolescent and had been encouraged by Rose Hawthorne Lathrop in her literary efforts.<ref name=":0" /> Active in College Settlement and university extension work, she attended Pennsylvania University and Yale.<ref name=":0" /> She later worked on the editorial staff for the Los Angeles Times.<ref name=":0" /> In 1906 she lived at 1168 W. 36th St., Los Angeles, California.<ref name=":0" />

Baruch was active in the women's suffrage movement. She became the county president of the Los Angeles Suffrage Association in 1905 when two conventions were hosted:

• the Women's Parliament, October 10–11, and
• the county convention of the Equal Suffrage League October 12.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

In 1908 Baruch became the treasurer of the Los Angeles Jewish Women's Foreign Relief Association. She started a branch of the Optimist Club in Los Angeles and was the third woman to hold office in the organization.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Baruch was also the founder of the Los Angeles branch of the National Council of Jewish Women.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

She published Dress as a Social Factor in 1912.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

References

• Knoles, Tully C. "What Is Nationality?" Annual Publication of the Historical Society of Southern California 10, no. 3 (1917): 5–12. Accessed March 22, 2020. doi:10.2307/41168739.

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