According to Stonehurst, the Robert Treat Paine Estate, the YWPC was an arm of the Massachusetts Woman Suffrage Association (MWSA), organized by Ida Estelle Hall. By 1940, Haidee had moved to California with her husband, where she resided until her death in 1944.
Emilie Neumann Kaminsky and her daughter, Martha Kaminsky Prentke, were also active in the YWPC, both serving as President. After her 1908 divorce, Martha moved to London and later to Poland, before returning to the United States before the beginning of World War II.
Emilie Neumann Kaminsky registered to vote on October 6, 1920, one of the 126 women who registered that day in Boston’s Ward 16. #MaryElizaProject #BostonHistory
As a high school student in 1902, Hedwig “Haidee” Kaminsky Rosenblum served as the Secretary of the Young Women’s Political Club (YWPC), primarily consisting of young immigrant working women and Boston West End night school students born in Russia and Germany.
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As we wrap up Jewish American Heritage Month, we recognize German-born 1920 Boston New Voters and Dorchester residents Hedwig “Haidee” Kaminsky Rosenblum and her widowed mother Emilie Neumann Kaminsky.
Image from The Boston Globe, May 5, 1902, pg. 3
On September 17, 1920, Maria L. Baldwin, a respected educator and tireless activist for African American and women’s rights, claimed her right to vote.
Read more about Maria, her life, and her voter register entry in our latest blog post. sites.google.com/view/maryeli...
