Remember the Women
{{Short description|American historical research organization}}
{{Infobox organization
|image= Remember_the_Women_Logo.jpg
|formation= 1997
|status= 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization
|headquarters= New York City
|leader_title= Executive Director
|leader_name= Rochelle Saidel
|name= Remember the Women Institute
|abbreviation= RTWI
|website= {{URL|https://www.rememberwomen.org/}}
}}
The Remember the Women Institute is an organization that researches and educates about women’s contributions and actions in history, especially during the Holocaust. It is based in New York City.{{Cite web |title=ABOUT: The Institute |url=https://rememberwomen.org/about.html |access-date=12 October 2020 |website=Remember the Women Institute }}
History
Dr. Rochelle G. Saidel created the Remember the Women Institute in 1997 to document the often untold stories of women in the Holocaust. Saidel has stated that the inspiration for the organization came from her grandmothers, as well as from a 1980 visit to Ravensbrück concentration camp.{{Cite web |last=Prince |first=Cathryn |title=How a Holocaust heroine is finally written into the annals of history |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/how-a-holocaust-heroine-is-finally-written-into-the-annals-of-history |access-date=13 October 2020 |website=The Times of Israel}} In 2001, the exhibit “Women of Ravensbrück: portraits of courage, art by Julia Terwilliger” was created by the Institute and opened at the Florida Holocaust Museum. It was later shown at several other Holocaust centers in the United States. In 2012, Remember the Women Institute and the USC Shoah Foundation co-sponsored a historic symposium about sexual violence during the Holocaust.{{Cite web |title=Historic symposium is first to address sexual violence during the Holocaust |url=https://rememberwomen.org/Events/events_12.html#shoah |website=Remember the Women Institute }} That same year, several advisory board members of Remember the Women, as well as executive board members Saidel and Dr. Sonja Hedgepeth, signed a letter to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, urging him to acknowledge sexual violence during the Holocaust.{{Cite web |title=Current Projects |url=https://www.rememberwomen.org/Projects/current.html |access-date=12 October 2020 |website=Remember the Women Institute }} Three years later, the institute launched an online resource handbook for Holocaust education through theater, “Women, Theater, and the Holocaust,” edited by Saidel and Karen Shulman.{{Cite web |title=Women, Theatre, and the Holocaust |url=https://ajhs.org/women-theatre-and-holocaust-event |access-date=12 October 2020 |website=AJHS |publisher=American Jewish Historical Society}} At yearly programs for the several editions of the resource handbook, Professor Meghan Brodie’s students from Ursinus College performed the stories of women in the Holocaust for Remember the Women Institute events.{{Cite web |title=Ursinus Students Tell the Stories of Women in the Holocaust |url=https://www.ursinus.edu/live/news/2230-ursinus-students-tell-the-stories-of-women-in-the/uc-magazine/templates/news |website=Ursinus College }} The Institute made news in 2018 with the “VIOLATED! Women in Holocaust and Genocide” international art exhibition, which focused on sexual abuse against women during the Holocaust. It was shown at the Ronald Feldman Gallery in New York City.{{Cite web |title=Violated! Group Show |url=https://feldmangallery.com/exhibition/335-violated-4-12-5-12-2018-group-show?fbclid=IwAR28PMh8mP8gS44grea43KXJrfUrbd3LW2oIHk7o88tLpfvQH9cXl6ohNLY |access-date=12 October 2020 |website=Ronald Feldman Gallery}}{{Cite web |last=Prince |first=Cathryn |title=Groundbreaking exhibition depicts sexual violence against women in the Holocaust |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/groundbreaking-exhibition-depicts-sexual-violence-against-women-in-the-holocaust/ |access-date=12 October 2020 |website=The Times of Israel}} In addition, the Institute has organized its own conferences, and has hosted and participated in panels and workshops at international conferences on the Holocaust and Jewish history throughout the world. In 2020, it co-sponsored the International Conference “Depicting Violated Jewish Women During the Holocaust” at Bar Ilan University in Israel. In addition to the Holocaust, the Institute has studied genocides, conflicts, and domestic violence in Rwanda, Sudan, Srebrenica, Guatemala, and Iraq, as well as domestic violence in those locations. Publications include a catalog for the VIOLATED! Women in Holocaust and Genocide exhibition, edited by Saidel and Dr. Batya Brutin, as well as books co-published with university presses. Among the often forgotten heroic women whose stories have been highlighted by Remember the Women Institute are Haviva Reick,{{Cite web |last=Prince |first=Cathryn |title=How a Holocaust heroine is finally written into the annals of history |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/how-a-holocaust-heroine-is-finally-written-into-the-annals-of-history |access-date=12 October 2020 |website=The Times of Israel }} Gemma La Guardia Gluck, Olga Benario Prestes, and Kathe Leichter.{{Cite web |last=Samuel |first=Arlyne |title=Fiorello's Sister: Gemma Laguardia Gluck's Story |url=https://www.jewishbookcouncil.org/book/fiorellos-sister-gemma-laguardia-glucks-story |access-date=13 October 2020 |website=Jewish Book Council}}{{Cite web |title=VISUAL ARTS |url=https://www.rememberwomen.org/Library/Film/here-one-day.html |access-date=13 October 2020 |website=Remember the Women}}
References
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External links
- {{Official website|https://www.rememberwomen.org/}}
Category:Holocaust commemoration
Category:Non-profit organizations based in New York City
Category:501(c)(3) organizations