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Magdalen Flexner

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Magdalen Flexner · Civil Rights & Human Rights

What

A distinguished lawyer and foreign service officer, Magdalen Flexner succeeded in crossing gender barriers to assume professional positions traditionally reserved for men.

When

11 July 1907

Biography

Magdalen Flexner is recognized among Jewish contributors to Civil Rights & Human Rights — A distinguished lawyer and foreign service officer, Magdalen Flexner succeeded in crossing gender barriers to assume professional positions traditionally reserved for men.

How & why

A distinguished lawyer and foreign service officer, Magdalen Flexner succeeded in crossing gender barriers to assume professional positions traditionally reserved for men. 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 Noa Meyer, and the entry is linked below.

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Source: Shalvi/Hyman Encyclopedia of Jewish Women (Jewish Women's Archive) — Noa Meyer

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A distinguished lawyer and foreign service officer, Magdalen Flexner succeeded in crossing gender barriers to assume professional positions traditionally reserved for men.

1907

Source: Shalvi/Hyman Encyclopedia of Jewish Women (Jewish Women's Archive) — Noa Meyer