Louise Herschman Mannheimer

Last updated
Louise Herschman Mannheimer
BornLouise Herschman
3 September 1845
Prague, Bohemia
DiedDecember 17, 1920(1920-12-17) (aged 75)
New York City, U.S.
Occupationauthor, school founder, inventor
Alma materSt. Teine School; Normal School, Prague; University of Cincinnati
Genrepoetry, juvenile literature
Spouse
​
(m. 1869)​

Louise Herschman Mannheimer (3 September 1845 - December 17, 1920) was a Czech-American Jewish author, poet, school founder, and inventor. Mannheimer was the founder of the Cincinnati Jewish Industrial School for Boys. She held patents for several devices. [1] She was the inventor of the "Pureairin" Patent Ventilator. [2]

Contents

Biography

Louise Herschman was born at Prague, Bohemia, 3 September 1845. [3] [lower-alpha 1] Her parents were Joseph Herschman and Katherine Urbach.

Herschman Mannheimer was educated at St. Teine School, privately, and at Normal School, Prague, and University of Cincinnati. [3]

In 1866, she went with her parents to New York City, and three years later, married Sigmund Mannheimer (1835-1909). As the wife of Professor Mannheimer, she strongly seconded his teaching and communal work, both in Rochester, New York and in Cincinnati, Ohio, but made time for literary labors. [1]

She wrote poems, articles, and reviews for German and English periodicals. She was the author of, How Joe Learned to Darn Stockings, and other juvenile stories. Zimmermann's Deutscli in Amerika (Chicago, 1894) contains some of her poems and a short biographical notice. Among her productions in English are "The Storm," a translation of one of Judah Halevi's poems, and "The Harvest," a prize poem (printed in The American Jews' Annual, Cincinnati, 1897). In 1895, she published under the title of "The Jewish Woman" a translation of Nahida Remy's "Das Ji'idische Weib" ("The Jewish Woman") (second edition, 1897). She was the author of "The Maiden's Song". [2] [3]

"Pureairin" Patent Ventilator "Pureairin" Patent Ventilator.png
"Pureairin" Patent Ventilator

Herschman Mannheimer worked as a director of a private school, in Prague; teacher of a Sabbath School, Congregation Berith Kodesh, in Rochester; and teacher, Mrs. Leopold Weil's School, New York City. She was the inventor of the Pureairin Patent Ventilator; and founder and president, Boys' Industrial School, Cincinnati. She served as president of the German Women's Club, Rochester; was a contralto at the Temple Ahawath Chesed, New York; and Sabbath School teacher, at Temple Shaare Emeth, St. Louis, Missouri. [2]

She was a speaker at 1893 World's Columbian Exposition Congress of History and Congress of Religions, in Chicago; and for Mothers' Meetings, in Cincinnati. [3] She a featured speaker at the Jewish Women’s Congress (1893) on the topic of "Jewish Women of Biblical and Mediaeval Times". [5]

Herschman Mannheimer and her husband lived in Baltimore, New York City, St. Louis, and Rochester before settling in Cincinnati where he taught at the Hebrew Union College. [6] They had two sons, Eugene and Leo, who both became rabbis, and two daughters, the dramatist and elocutionist Jennie Mannheimer (Jane Manner), and the elocutionist Edna B. Mannheimer (Edna B. Manner). Mannheimer died in New York, December 17, 1920. [7] [8] [4]

Notes

  1. ↑ Coyle gives date of birth as September 3, 1844. [4]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Emma Lazarus</span> American poet (1849–1887)

Emma Lazarus was an American author of poetry, prose, and translations, as well as an activist for Jewish and Georgist causes. She is remembered for writing the sonnet "The New Colossus", which was inspired by the Statue of Liberty, in 1883. Its lines appear inscribed on a bronze plaque, installed in 1903, on the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty. Lazarus was involved in aiding refugees to New York who had fled antisemitic pogroms in eastern Europe, and she saw a way to express her empathy for these refugees in terms of the statue. The last lines of the sonnet were set to music by Irving Berlin as the song "Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor" for the 1949 musical Miss Liberty, which was based on the sculpting of the Statue of Liberty. The latter part of the sonnet was also set by Lee Hoiby in his song "The Lady of the Harbor" written in 1985 as part of his song cycle "Three Women".

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion</span> American graduate school of religion

The Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion is a Jewish seminary with three locations in the United States and one location in Jerusalem. It is the oldest extant Jewish seminary in the Americas and the main seminary for training rabbis, cantors, educators and communal workers in Reform Judaism. HUC-JIR has campuses in Cincinnati, Ohio, New York City, Los Angeles, and Jerusalem. The Jerusalem campus is the only seminary in Israel for training Reform Jewish clergy.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Samuel Adler (rabbi)</span> German-American Reform rabbi (1809–1891)

Samuel Adler was a leading German-American Reform rabbi, Talmudist, and author.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cyrus Adler</span> American educator, Jewish religious leader and scholar

Cyrus Adler was an American educator, Jewish religious leader and scholar.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Leopold Morse</span> American politician

Leopold Morse was a United States representative from Massachusetts.

Isaac Landman was an American Reform rabbi, author and anti-Zionist activist. He was editor of the ten volume Universal Jewish Encyclopedia.

Abram S. Isaacs (1851-1920) was an American rabbi, author, and professor. Isaacs received his education at the New York University, from which he was graduated in 1871. He became a Rabbi at Barnett Memorial Temple at Paterson, New Jersey. For thirty-five years he occupied a chair at the New York University, first as Professor of Hebrew, then of Germanic languages, and later of Semitics. Starting in 1878, he edited The Jewish Messenger, a weekly publication devoted to Jewish communal affairs. It became merged in The American Hebrew in 1903, at which time Isaacs withdrew from editorial work. He was also a frequent contributor to periodicals, writing on Judaism and Jewish issues. He published several books, including: A Modern Hebrew Poet: The Life and Writings of Moses Chaim Luzzatto, published in 1878, What is Judaism? and Stories from the Rabbis. For the Encyclopedia Americana he edited the Semitic department. Isaacs wrote the hymn "A Noble Life, a Simple Faith" in the Union Hymnal. Isaacs died at Paterson, N.J., on December 22, 1920.

The Jewish Women's Congress was held at Chicago, Illinois, on 4–7 September 1893 as part of the World's Parliament of Religions at the World's Columbian Exposition. Chaired by Hannah G. Solomon, it the first gathering of Jewish women who came together for the consideration of something other than charity or mutual aid. During the conference, there was conceived an idea which developed into the National Council of Jewish Women, a permanent organization to unite Jewish women in the United States.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bertha Katscher</span>

Bertha Katscher was an Austrian Empire-born Hungarian writer.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jennie Mannheimer</span> American elocutionist, acting coach, and teacher of speech and drama

Jennie Mannheimer, also known professionally as Jane Manner, was an American elocutionist, acting coach, and teacher of speech and drama.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ruth Ward Kahn</span> American poet

Ruth Ward Kahn was a Jewish American lecturer and writer. In addition to being the author of novel, The Story of Judith (novel), The First Quarter, and "Gertrude", she was a contributor to Woman's Home Companion, Arena, Popular Science, and other publications. She was a member of the Incorporated Society of Authors of London, as well as the Woman's National Press Association, of which she served as the vice-president for its Colorado branch. Kahn's travels took her to Bermuda, Mexico, Hawaii, and the South Sea Islands; she lectured in 20 states.

Elias ben Ḥayyim Cohen Höchheimer was an eighteenth century Jewish astronomer and mathematician.

Ephraim Lederer was a Jewish-American lawyer from Pennsylvania.

Louise Wise was a Jewish-American artist and social worker. Her husband was Rabbi Stephen S. Wise.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Martha Wolfenstein</span> Prussian-born American writer (1869–1906)

Martha Wolfenstein was a Prussian-born American author. She was once described as "the best Jewish sketch writer in America."

Mark Blumenthal was a German-born Jewish-American physician.

Boris David Bogen was a Russian-born Jewish-American educator and social worker.

Julius Freiberg was a German-born Jewish-American distillery owner and communal leader.

Pauline Weiller was a German–American pianist.

Sigmund Mannheimer was a German-born Jewish-American educator.

References

  1. 1 2 American Hebrew Publishing Company 1921, p. 525.
  2. 1 2 3 Singer & Adler 1912, p. 296.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Adler & Szold 1904, p. 149-50.
  4. 1 2 Coyle 1962, p. 425.
  5. ↑ Jewish Publication Society of America 1894, p. 6.
  6. ↑ Litoff 1994, p. 185.
  7. ↑ Litoff 1994, p. 186.
  8. ↑ Landman 1942, p. 333.

Attribution

Bibliography

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.