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Virginia Morris Pollak

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Virginia Morris Pollak · Civil Rights & Human Rights

What

During World War II, sculptor Virginia Morris Pollak used her deep understanding of clay, plaster, and metal to revolutionize reconstructive surgery for wounded servicemen.

When

16 October 1898

Biography

Virginia Morris Pollak is recognized among Jewish contributors to Civil Rights & Human Rights — During World War II, sculptor Virginia Morris Pollak used her deep understanding of clay, plaster, and metal to revolutionize reconstructive surgery for wounded servicemen.

How & why

During World War II, sculptor Virginia Morris Pollak used her deep understanding of clay, plaster, and metal to revolutionize reconstructive surgery for wounded servicemen. 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 Linda F. McGreevy, and the entry is linked below.

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Source: Shalvi/Hyman Encyclopedia of Jewish Women (Jewish Women's Archive) — Linda F. McGreevy

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During World War II, sculptor Virginia Morris Pollak used her deep understanding of clay, plaster, and metal to revolutionize reconstructive surgery for wounded servicemen.

1898

Source: Shalvi/Hyman Encyclopedia of Jewish Women (Jewish Women's Archive) — Linda F. McGreevy