Bresler, Anna Hillkowitz, 1879-1957

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Notes from typed sheet in Hillkowitz workfile: Anna, Denver librarian, married Dr. Abe Bresler, New York dentist. Two children, Riva and Elya (the latter named for his grandfather) born in New York City. The family later moved to San Diego, California. Sister of Dr. Philip Hillkowitz. Worked as a field secretary for JCRS and traveled around the United States raising money for the Sanatorium beginning in 1906.

Before marrying, she was the first children's librarian at Denver Public Library.

Biography

From the California Death Index: Anna Hillkowitz Bresler Gender: Female Birth Date: 27 Apr 1879 Birth Place: Other Country Death Date: 2 Feb 1957 Death Place: Los Angeles Mother's Maiden Name: Hindel Father's Surname: Hillkowitz

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Anna Hillkowitz, circa 1907

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Identifier: B063.08.0024.00002

Abstract

Anna Hillkowitz in a formal pose is wearing eyeglasses, a necklace, and a large hat.

Dates: circa 1907

Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B063, Beck Archives Photograph Collection / Individuals / Box 24

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Abrams, Jeanne. “‘Unsere Leit’ (‘Our People’): Anna Hillkowitz and the Development of the East European Jewish Woman Professional in America.” American Jewish Archives, vol. 37, no. 2, 1985, p. 275. Abstract: For nearly a year, at the turn of the century, an East European Jewish woman, Anna Hillkowitz, travelled through several dozen American cities as a professional fundraiser for the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society of Denver. The more than 200 letters she left behind documenting her journey yield a fascinating glimpse of American Jewish life in this period, notably the tensions between German and East European Jews, the difficulties associated with fundraising, and the attitudes of Jewish men to a female Jewish professional

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Subject: Sanatoriums X