Esther Antin Untermeyer

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Esther (or Ester) Antin Untermeyer (died January 1983) was the first woman to be a judge in Lucas County, Ohio in 1925 when she took the position of Toledo Municipal Court judge. [1] [2] Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin awarded Untermeyer the Jabotinsky Medal in 1980 for distinguished service to Israel and the Jewish people. [3]

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Family life

Esther Antin married poet Louis Untermeyer in 1933 after they met in Toledo at a lecture. [3] [4] [5] The couple resided at Stony Water, a working farm. [5] Louis became unhappy with the marriage and obtained a Mexican divorce in 1948. [3] [4]

Untermeyer was the first woman to be a judge in Lucas County, Ohio in 1925 when she took the position of Toledo Municipal Court judge. [1] [2] Untermeyer left the position of judge in 1933. [3]

Advocacy

Untermeyer was a founder of the American League for Free Palestine and served as the organization's treasurer during the 1940s. [3] And was on the executive board of the Herut Zionists of America. [3]

Recognition

Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin awarded Untermeyer the Jabotinsky Medal in 1980 for distinguished service to Israel and the Jewish people. [3]

Death

Untermeyer died in January 1983 in Manhattan, New York. [3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Project praises trail-blazing female lawyers from area". The Blade. 2014-10-03. Retrieved 2017-10-02.
  2. 1 2 "Women who made a difference". The Blade. 2003-03-02. Retrieved 2017-10-02.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Esther Untermeyer, 88; A Zionist and Ex-Judge". The New York Times. 1983. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2017-10-02.
  4. 1 2 Sammons, Jeffrey L. (2006). Heinrich Heine. Königshausen & Neumann. ISBN   9783826032127.
  5. 1 2 Rosendale, Steven (2005). American Radical and Reform Writers. Gale. ISBN   9780787668402.
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