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Johanna Loeb

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Johanna Loeb · Civil Rights & Human Rights

What

Johanna Loeb’s philanthropic work extended to both Jewish and secular charities, such as the Home for Crippled Children, the Jewish Consumptive Relief Society of Chicago, the Home for the Jewish Friendless, and Chicago’s first Jewish Community Center.

When

25 May 1844

Biography

Johanna Loeb is recognized among Jewish contributors to Civil Rights & Human Rights — Johanna Loeb’s philanthropic work extended to both Jewish and secular charities, such as the Home for Crippled Children, the Jewish Consumptive Relief Society of Chicago, the Home for the Jewish Friendless, and Chicago’s first Jewish Community Center.

How & why

Johanna Loeb’s philanthropic work extended to both Jewish and secular charities, such as the Home for Crippled Children, the Jewish Consumptive Relief Society of Chicago, the Home for the Jewish Friendless, and Chicago’s first Jewish Community Center. 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 Sandra K. Bornstein, and the entry is linked below.

Sources & external links

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Source: Shalvi/Hyman Encyclopedia of Jewish Women (Jewish Women's Archive) — Sandra K. Bornstein

Contributions & Sources

Johanna Loeb’s philanthropic work extended to both Jewish and secular charities, such as the Home for Crippled Children, the Jewish Consumptive Relief Society of Chicago, the Home for the Jewish Friendless, and Chicago’s first Jewish Community Center.

1844

Source: Shalvi/Hyman Encyclopedia of Jewish Women (Jewish Women's Archive) — Sandra K. Bornstein