[T1S1] her immigration at age four to the United States; first residence in Pittsburgh; education, Rose Street School and Raleigh High School; employment at Grant's Bake Shop; early medical care; father's illness; parent's death; participation in socialist groups; courtship and marriage; residence in the Hill District of the city after marriage; moves to Rochester, PA to build and operate a theater; building a synagogue in Rochester; her son who became a rabbi; experiences with anti-Semitism in Rochester; social life there; vacations; her activities with the National Council of Jewish Women, Hadassah Hospital, and chairmanship of the Jewish National Fund of Beaver Falls for thirty years; recollections of Ku Klux Klan activities in Rochester; effects of the depression; changes in attitudes toward raising children; her homelife in Rochester; views about her accomplishments; changes in social attitudes.
Contributor
University of Pittsburgh (depositor)
Identifier
pitt:ais196440.497_t1s1
Relation
ais196440.497
"Winograd, Bess - March 19, 1974" Metadata
Metadata Details
Title
Winograd, Bess - March 19, 1974
Creator
National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW), Pittsburgh Section
Description
Bess Winograd was instrumental in founding a synagogue in Rochester, PA, the Beaver Falls Chapter of Hadassah, a Sunday School in Beaver Falls and served as the chairman of the community's Jewish National Fund for thirty years; birth year 1899.
Contributor
Winograd, Bess (interviewee), Bloom, Evelyn (interviewer), University of Pittsburgh (depositor)
Date
1974-03-19
Type
oral histories (literary genre), Sound
Identifier
pitt:ais196440.497
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