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Sally Milgrim

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Sally Milgrim · Economics & Business

What

American designer and businesswoman; created the gown Eleanor Roosevelt wore to FDR's 1933 inaugural ball (now in the Smithsonian).

When

1898, New York, USA — 1994, USA

Where

New York, USA

Biography

Sally Milgrim is recognized among Jewish contributors to Economics & Business — American designer and businesswoman; created the gown Eleanor Roosevelt wore to FDR's 1933 inaugural ball (now in the Smithsonian).

How & why

Sally Milgrim was an American designer and businesswoman who created the gown Eleanor Roosevelt wore to Franklin D. Roosevelt's 1933 inaugural ball, now held by the Smithsonian. Born Sally Knobel in 1898 in New York to Jewish immigrant parents, she is profiled by the Jewish Women's Archive; she died in 1994. We are grateful for her contribution to American fashion.

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Source: https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/milgrim-sally

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American designer and businesswoman; created the gown Eleanor Roosevelt wore to FDR's 1933 inaugural ball (now in the Smithsonian).

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Source: https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/milgrim-sally