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Kantrowitz, Jennie, 1886-1967

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Biography

Jennie Kantrowitz, a founder of the Denver Sheltering Home for Jewish Children, was born December 5, 1886 and died December 11, 1967. Her husband was Samuel Kantrowitz.

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Founders of the Denver Sheltering Home for Jewish Children, circa 1907

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Identifier: B063.03.0011.00094
Abstract Promotional note card from National Jewish Medical and Research Center showing the founders of the Denver Sheltering Home for Jewish Children. From left to right are Jennie Kantrowitz, Mollie Lifshutz, Bessie Willens, Mary Augenblich, Fannie Lorber and Sadie Francis. The Denver Sheltering Home for Jewish Children was founded in 1907 to care for children whose parents were victims of tuberculosis. It later evolved into the National Home for Asthmatic Children and eventually merged with...
Dates: circa 1907