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Birdie Amsterdam

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What

Birdie Amsterdam capped a career of firsts in the legal profession with her role as the first woman elected to the New York State Supreme Court.

When

25 March 1901

Biography

Birdie Amsterdam is recognized among Jewish contributors to Civil Rights & Human Rights — Birdie Amsterdam capped a career of firsts in the legal profession with her role as the first woman elected to the New York State Supreme Court.

How & why

Birdie Amsterdam capped a career of firsts in the legal profession with her role as the first woman elected to the New York State Supreme Court. That is how the Shalvi/Hyman Encyclopedia of Jewish Women, the scholarly reference published by the Jewish Women's Archive, opens its entry on her, written by Dorothy Thomas, and the entry is linked below.

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Source: Shalvi/Hyman Encyclopedia of Jewish Women (Jewish Women's Archive) — Dorothy Thomas

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Birdie Amsterdam capped a career of firsts in the legal profession with her role as the first woman elected to the New York State Supreme Court.

1901

Source: Shalvi/Hyman Encyclopedia of Jewish Women (Jewish Women's Archive) — Dorothy Thomas