Cecilia Razovsky
Cecilia Razovsky (born May 4, 1886 in St. Louis , Missouri , † September 28, 1968 in San Diego ) was an American social worker and author . She dedicated her life to helping Jewish immigrants and refugees in the United States.
Life
Razovsky attended Washington University in St. Louis (1911), the Corliss School of Law (1912), the St. Louis School of Economics (1913), and the Chicago School of Civics and Philanthropy (1919). She graduated from the University of Chicago with a degree in sociology .
Cecilia Razovsky worked with the National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW) in the 1920s and with the National Refugee Service in the 1930s . From 1922 to 1930 she was the editor of the NCJW publication The Immigrant , writing articles, books, plays, and pamphlets in English and Yiddish on immigration and the conditions of Jews in Latin America. In 1923 she represented the NCJW at the World Conference of Jewish Women in Vienna and spoke about the restrictions on immigrants in the USA. In 1932 she became deputy director of the NCJW.
Between 1926 and 1937 she directed numerous studies on the life of Jewish refugees, including the conditions in European port cities, in Cuba, Mexico, Canada, Brazil and Argentina.
Razovsky was married to doctor Morris Davidson, the couple had a son.
Publications (selection)
- What Every Emigrant Should Know (1922)
- Changing Standards in Social Service as a Result of the New Immigration Policy (1925)
- What Every Woman Should Know About Citizenship (1926)
- The Jew Rediscovers America (1929)
- Jewish Migration to South America and South Africa (1930)
- Handicaps in Naturalization (1932)
- Making Americans (1938)
literature
- Bat-Ami Zucker : Cecilia Razovsky and the American Jewish women's rescue operations in the Second World War. Vallentine Mitchell, London / Portland 2008, ISBN 978-0-85303-765-1
Web links
- Literature by and about Cecilia Razovsky in the catalog of the German National Library
- Literature by and about Cecilia Razovsky in the bibliographic database WorldCat
- Cecilia Razovsky, One Thousand Children
Individual evidence
- ^ Obituary in the Jewish Telegraphic Agency , accessed December 4, 2015
- ^ Mary McCune: Cecilia Razovsky 1891-1968 , Biography, Jewish Women's Archive
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Razovsky, Cecilia |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Razoṿsḳi, Sesilya; Davidson, Cecilia |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | social worker |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 4, 1886 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | St. Louis |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 28, 1968 |
| Place of death | San Diego |