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Bertha Hirsch Baruch was a German-born American writer, social worker, and suffragist.
Baruch was born in the Province of Posen, Germany. She immigrated to New London, Connecticut, United States, with her father in 1876. Baruch wrote poetry as an adolescent and had been encouraged by Rose Hawthorne Lathrop in her literary efforts.
In 1908 Baruch became the treasurer of the Los Angeles Jewish Women's Foreign Relief Association. She started a branch of the Optimist Club in Los Angeles and was the third woman to hold office in the organization. Baruch was also the founder of the Los Angeles branch of the National Council of Jewish Women.
She published Dress as a Social Factor in 1912.
References
- Knoles, Tully C. "What Is Nationality?" Annual Publication of the Historical Society of Southern California 10, no. 3 (1917): 5–12. Accessed March 22, 2020. doi:10.2307/41168739.