Esther (or Ester) Antin Untermeyer (died January 1983) was the first woman to be a judge in Lucas County, Ohio in 1925 when she took the position of Toledo Municipal Court judge.[1][2] Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin awarded Untermeyer the Jabotinsky Medal in 1980 for distinguished service to Israel and the Jewish people.[3]
Esther Antin married poet Louis Untermeyer in 1933 after they meet in Toledo at a lecture.[3][4][5] The couple resided at Stony Water, a working farm.[5] Louis became unhappy with the marriage and obtained a Mexican divorce in 1948.[3][4]
Legal careeredit
Untermeyer was the first woman to be a judge in Lucas County, Ohio in 1925 when she took the position of Toledo Municipal Court judge.[1][2] Untermeyer left the position of judge in 1933.[3]
Advocacyedit
Untermeyer was a founder of the American League for Free Palestine and served as the organization's treasurer during the 1940s.[3] And was on the executive board of the Herut Zionists of America.[3]
Recognitionedit
Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin awarded Untermeyer the Jabotinsky Medal in 1980 for distinguished service to Israel and the Jewish people.[3]
Deathedit
Untermeyer died in January 1983 in Manhattan, New York.[3]
Referencesedit
^ ab"Project praises trail-blazing female lawyers from area". The Blade. 2014-10-03. Retrieved 2017-10-02.
^ ab"Women who made a difference". The Blade. 2003-03-02. Retrieved 2017-10-02.
^ abcdefgh"Esther Untermeyer, 88; A Zionist and Ex-Judge". The New York Times. 1983. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2017-10-02.
^ abSammons, Jeffrey L. (2006). Heinrich Heine. Königshausen & Neumann. ISBN9783826032127.
^ abRosendale, Steven (2005). American Radical and Reform Writers. Gale. ISBN9780787668402.
January 01, 1970
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