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Spotlight on Syliva Manheim! Acitve in the National Council for Jewish Women. She continues to work for peace, justice, equality, and continuing education. hslb.org/sylvia-manheim/ ![]()
The NCJW is a honoring of Sylvia Manheim and her family a their 75th Anniversary Sunday, April 25 at 1pm-2:30pm on Zoom. To register at no cost go to www.ncjwlongbeach.org/75th![]()
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Sylvia Manheim – Historical Society of Long Beach
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Singing in the Rain By Sylvia Manheim and Naida Tushnet Sylvia Manheim was born nearly a century ago in Brooklyn, NY. She says, “As a birthday present to me, the New York Giants beat the St. Louis C…
We are happy to announce that all our women highlights for our exhibition are now available on our website to read and share as you please. ![]()
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Enjoy learning about the extraordinary women that have shaped the city we call home. Click on the link below to start reading.![]()
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A Woman’s Place In The Spotlight: Highlights – Historical Society of Long Beach
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A Woman’s Place In The Spotlight: Highlights Carmen O. Perez Carmen Perez – War on Poverty Organizer with LULAC and Centro de la Raza / East Neighborhood Center, First Latina on LB Harbor Commissi…
Have you seen our window exhibit yet? Perhaps this great video from the Grunion might get you out here if you haven’t!
Long-time HSLB volunteer and member, Mary Dixon will be on Jeopardy on Friday, April 2nd at 7pm. You can watch her play on ABC7.![]()
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Mary was born and raised in Lakewood. She earned a bachelors degree from CSULB in English Literature. She joined us as a volunteer in 2015. She faithfully worked First Fridays selling books and welcoming people to the gallery. She also worked at the Historical Cemetery Tour. These days you can find her at Gatsby Books on Spring Street.![]()
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Let’s all watch, and cheer Mary on!https://gem.godaddy.com/s/ff5b221
HSLB’s Mary Dixon on Jeopardy 4/2
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Mary Dixon Plays Jeopardy on Friday, April 2nd 7pm Long-time HSLB volunteer and member, Mary Dixon will be on Jeopardy on Friday, April 2nd at 7pm. …
A Woman’s Place — Spotlight on the Honorable Renee Simon![]()
Learn more from Renee by watching this short video youtu.be/aYTTI0g-7t0![]()
Renee Simon was raised in Brooklyn, NY and earned a MS in biochemistry at Stanford and a Masters in Library Science at UCLA. We are fortunate that Renee and her husband moved to Long Beach in 1952. Over the years she worked with the League of Women Voters, PTA, was a founding member of the Friends of the Long Beach Public Library, Arts Council for Long Beach, and is a researcher and writer. She is the first feminist and first Jewish person elected to the Long Beach City Council where she served from 1972 to 1978.![]()
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The video covers her fight to hire staff members to support the City Council, establish a Commission on the Status of Women, and create El Dorado Park.![]()
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CSULB Community Project Intern, Javen Phillips created this video short for the Historical Society of Long Beach using footage from a 2018 public oral history interview. The original interview with the Honorable Renee Simon was conducted by the Honorable Suzie Price for an HSLB program in 2018.![]()
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