Oral history with Shirley G. Bridge, 2001 June 27

Oral history with Shirley G. Bridge, 2001 June 27

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American Jewish Committee

Parenting

Interracial friendship

Jewish Pharmacists

Jewish education of girls

Jews--United States--Attitudes toward Israel. 

Japanese Americans--Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945

Jews--Charities

Cancer in women

Family

Marriage

Depressions--1929

Antisemitism--Washington (State)--Seattle

One of Washington State’s first female pharmacists, Shirley was born in Seattle’s Swedish Hospital in 1922. She practiced pharmacology until she retired at age 66, and with her husband, Herb, raised two children. A pioneer on many fronts, Shirley was one of the first Jewish women to become a member of the Women’s University Club. A passionate and indefatigable supporter of women’s and health issues, Shirley has survived five primary cancers and is a no-nonsense pragmatist venerated for getting things done. The Shirley Bridge Power of One Award is given by The Women’s Endowment Foundation to an outstanding Jewish woman for her contribution to the community. Shirley passed away in May 2008.

Jewish Women's Archive

Brown-Lavitt, Pamela

Bridge, Shirley G.

Weaving Women's Words;

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Recording, oral