Kashmann, Beatrice , March 22, 1972
Scope and Contents
This interview covers Beatrice Kashmann's experience moving from Bridgeport to Hartford, which included becoming much more active in the Jewish community through Jewish Women’s Organizations, particularly in the Deborah Society (a group which was local, never national). Also covered are various charities which helped immigrants among others. Participated in the suffrage movement.
She also discusses things like her involvement singing in musical groups and Sisterhood, family life, and the experience in Hartford for Jews (she did not report anti-Semitism).
Dates
- Creation: March 22, 1972
Access Restrictions
Open for research use.
Interview
Beatrice Kashmann was interviewed on March 22, 1972 in Hartford, Connecticut by Emma Cohen.
Full Extent
From the File: 16 Linear Feet (2 filing cabinets)
Language of Materials
English
Container Summary
Oral History Transcript.
Subject
- Cohen, Emma Perlstein (Hartford, CT) (Interviewer, Person)
Genre / Form
- Anti-Semitism
- Family History
- Jewish Education
- Music
- Politics
- Rabbinate
- oral histories (literary works)
Geographic
Occupation
Topical
- B'nai B'rith
- Businesses -- Department Stores
- Deborah Society
- Family Life
- Family Life in Hartford
- German Jews
- Hadassah
- Hartford Board of Education
- Hartford Public High School
- Hartford Public Schools
- Hebrew Home Auxiliary
- Immigrant(s)
- Jewish Community
- Jewish Life in Hartford
- Language
- League of Women Voters
- Mount Sinai Women's Auxiliary
- Music -- Synagogues
- Religious Celebration
- Religious Education
- Religious Life
- Sisterhood
- Temple Beth Israel
- United Order of True Sisters
- Women's Suffrage
Repository Details
Part of the Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford Repository