Mathilde Roth Schechter
{{Short description|American Conservative Jew (1859–1924)}}
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Mathilde Roth Schechter (also Matilda; December 16, 1859 – August 27, 1924) was the American founder of the U.S. National Women's League of Conservative Judaism in 1918.{{cite book | title=Encyclopedia of women and religion in North America, Volume 2 |author1=Skinner Keller, Rosemary |author2=Radford Ruether, Rosemary |author3=Cantlon, Marie | year=2006 | publisher=Indiana University Press | location=Bloomington, Indiana | pages=545–549 |isbn=0-253-34688-6}}
Biography
Schechter was born in Breslau, Prussia (now Wrocław, Poland).1901 England Census She was married to Dr. Solomon Schechter, a prominent rabbi who was chancellor of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America (JTSA). They lived in Cambridge, England before immigrating to the United States in 1902.{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/46759223/widow-of-dr-schechter-first-woman/ |title=Widow of Dr. Schechter First Woman Buried From a Synagogue |newspaper=Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle |location=New York |page=8 |date=1924-09-12 |access-date=2020-03-15 |via=Newspapers.com}}1910 United States Federal Census
She founded and taught at the Columbia Religious and Industrial School for Jewish Girls. After assisting Henrietta Szold in creating Hadassah, Schechter later served as its national chairwoman of education. The Mathilde Schechter Residence Hall formerly contained undergraduate housing for students of the JTSA's List College.
She died at Mount Sinai Hospital in Manhattan on August 27, 1924, following an operation.New York, New York, Death Index, 1862-1948
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Category:Prussian emigrants to the United States
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