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Sara Ann Hays Mordecai

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Sara Ann Hays Mordecai · Historical & Religious Figures

What

Sara Ann Hays Mordecai, niece of education pioneer Rebecca Gratz, passed on her famous aunt’s love of Jewish education to her seven children, three of whom went on to build a school of their own.

When

27 September 1805

Biography

Sara Ann Hays Mordecai is recognized among Jewish contributors to Historical & Religious Figures — Sara Ann Hays Mordecai, niece of education pioneer Rebecca Gratz, passed on her famous aunt’s love of Jewish education to her seven children, three of whom went on to build a school of their own.

How & why

Sara Ann Hays Mordecai, niece of education pioneer Rebecca Gratz, passed on her famous aunt’s love of Jewish education to her seven children, three of whom went on to build a school of their own. 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 Holly Snyder, and the entry is linked below.

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Source: Shalvi/Hyman Encyclopedia of Jewish Women (Jewish Women's Archive) — Holly Snyder

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Sara Ann Hays Mordecai, niece of education pioneer Rebecca Gratz, passed on her famous aunt’s love of Jewish education to her seven children, three of whom went on to build a school of their own.

1805

Source: Shalvi/Hyman Encyclopedia of Jewish Women (Jewish Women's Archive) — Holly Snyder