Pisko, Seraphine Eppstein, 1861-1942
Biography
Seraphine Eppstein Pisko (1861-1942) was known for her charitable work in Denver, Colorado, during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and she was most likely the first Jewish woman in America to head a national Jewish organization. She was born to Max and Bertha Eppstein on January 1, 1861, in St. Joseph, Missouri, and the family moved to Denver in 1875. She married Denver businessman Edward Pisko in 1878 when she was seventeen, and the couple moved to New York. Within a few years he died, and she returned to Denver. She never remarried, but raised five children. Seraphine Pisko served as president of the Hebrew Ladies' Benevolent Society and of the Denver Chapter of the National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW). She later became vice president of the NCJW board at the national level. She began working at National Jewish Hospital for Consumptives (NJH) as a field secretary, a fundraiser, in 1900, and in 1911 she became the executive secretary of National Jewish Hospital and served in that position until 1938 when she retired. Pisko was actively involved in both Jewish and secular social organizations, gaining national renown for her organizational strengths as well as her social efforts. She died in Denver in 1942.
Found in 35 Collections and/or Records:
Annual Meeting - Acceptance Board of Trustees, 1926
Correspondence related to the acceptance board of trustees, New York City; Pisko File
Annual Meeting - New York City - Biltmore Hotel, 1926
Correspondence related to the Annual Meeting on January 10, 1926 in New York City at the Biltmore Hotel; Pisko File
Annual Meetings and Cornerstone Laying, 1925 October 19
Correspondence related to Pisko and Dauby, and the Cornerstone Laying
Box 1, 1908-1920
Correspondence relating to the National Jewish Hospital, containing correspondence of Miller, Grabfelder, and Seraphine Pisko.
Box 2, 1921-1924
Pisko/Dauby Correspondence (1921-1924), NJH Scrapbook (1920), Teller Report (1916)
Collins, Grabfelder, and Pisko Correspondence, 1911 July-September
Collins, Grabfelder, and Seraphine Pisko correspondence.
Correspondence - Annual Meeting, Pisko File, 1922-1923
correspondence related to annual meeting between Pisko and Dauby
Correspondence - Nurse's Home Building, 1922 January-June
Correspondence related to the Nurse's Home building, S. Pisko
Correspondence with Nathan Dauby, 1920 August-1921 June
Correspondence with Nathan Dauby; Pisko File
Grabfelder and Pisko Correspondence, 1911 October-December
Correspondence related to Seraphine Pisko, Secretary of the National Jewish Hospital for Consumptives, and Samuel Grabfelder, President of the National Jewish Hospital for Consumptives
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