Estelle Sternberger
{{short description|American Jewish peace activist}}
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|name = Estelle Miller Sternberger
| birth_name = Estelle Miller
|birth_date = {{birth date|1886|07|06}}
| birth_place = Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.
|death_date = {{dda|1971|12|23|1886|07|06}}
| death_place = New York City, New York, U.S.
| alma_mater = University of Cincinnati
|occupation = {{hlist|Activist|writer|broadcaster}}
| spouse = {{hlist|Harry Sternberger|J. Max Weiss}}
|signature = Estelle Sternberger signature.png
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Estelle Miller Sternberger (1886–1971) was an American activist, writer and broadcaster. As executive secretary of the National Council of Jewish Women, she encouraged women to take up careers outside the home. She later became a popular radio personality, ready to discuss any topic related to politics or culture.{{cite web|url=https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/sternberger-estelle-miller|title=Estelle Sternberger|author=Berger, Jessica|publisher=Jewish Women's Archive|access-date=28 November 2018 }}{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1971/12/24/archives/estelle-sternberger-dies-at-85-radio-commentator-on-politics.html|title=Estelle Sternberger Dies at 85; Radio Commentator on Politics|newspaper=New York Times|date=24 December 1971|access-date=28 November 2018 }}
Early life
On July 6, 1886, Sternberger was born as Estelle Miller in Cincinnati, Ohio.{{cite web|url=https://sortedbyname.com/pages/s222260.html|title=Sternberger, A L thru Sternberger, Hugo|publisher=Sorted By Name|access-date=28 November 2018 }}
Sternberger's parents were Abraham Miller and Hannah née Greeble.{{cite web |url=https://www.genealogy.com/ftm/w/e/i/Robert-H-Weiner-MD/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0362.html |title=My Genealogy Home Page: Information About Abraham Miller |publisher=genealogy.com |access-date=December 6, 2018}} Sternberger had a brother Milton Miller (b.1885) and a sister Sadie Miller (b.1893).
Education
Sternberger attended the University of Cincinnati{{cite book | chapter=Sternberger, Estelle Miller, Executive Director, World Peaceways | editor-last=Downs |editor-first=Winfield Scott |title=Encyclopedia of American Biography: New Series |volume=12 | location=New York | publisher=American Historical Society |year=1941 | pages=433–434 | oclc=649569887 | chapter-url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89080535578&view=1up&seq=1016
|via=HathiTrust }} studying social work, and the Cincinnati School of Jewish Philanthropy.
Career
After graduating, Sternberger began lecturing and joined civic organizations before becoming a member of the National Council of Jewish Women, NCJW.
In 1921, Sternberger became the founding editor of The Jewish Woman which was initially an internal newsletter of the NCJW. Over the years, it became an important source of inspiration for American Jewish women, promoting social initiatives and encouraging Jewish women to seek success in every field of endeavor.{{cite encyclopedia|url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/religion/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/jewish-woman|title=Jewish Women, The|encyclopedia=Encyclopedia.com|access-date=28 November 2018 }}
In 1923, she participated in the First World Congress of Jewish Women in Vienna, representing the NCJW.{{cite book|url=http://data.onb.ac.at/rec/AC10451064|title= World Congress of Jewish Women, Vienna, May 6—11th, 1923|publisher=Steering Committee of the World Congress of Jewish Women|year=1923|page=12-}} Sternberger was an active proponent of world peace, heading the pacifist organization World Peaceways in the 1930s. In 1936, she published The Supreme Cause: A Practical Book About Peace.{{cite book|last=Sternberger|first=Estelle Miller|title=The Supreme Cause: A Practical Book about Peace|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aGpJAAAAIAAJ|year=1936|publisher=Dodd, Mead}}
Sternberger later became an outspoken radio commentator, broadcasting on religious New York City radio stations, including WLIB, WMCA and WQXR.
Personal life
Sternberger's first husband was Harry Sternberger and they have a daughter Minette Cathryn Sternberger (1906–1977). Sternberger married the rabbi J. Max Weiss (died 1968).{{cite web|url=https://www.genealogy.com/ftm/w/e/i/Robert-H-Weiner-MD/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0364.html|title=Estelle Miller|publisher=Genealogy.com}}
On December 23, 1971, Sternberger died in New York City, New York.
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Category:Activists from Cincinnati
Category:Jewish American community activists
Category:American community activists
Category:American women writers