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]
Family life edit
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 career edit
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]
Advocacy edit
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]
Recognition edit
Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin awarded Untermeyer the Jabotinsky Medal in 1980 for distinguished service to Israel and the Jewish people.[3]
Death edit
Untermeyer died in January 1983 in Manhattan, New York.[3]
References edit
- ^ a b "Project praises trail-blazing female lawyers from area". The Blade. 2014-10-03. Retrieved 2017-10-02.
- ^ a b "Women who made a difference". The Blade. 2003-03-02. Retrieved 2017-10-02.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Esther Untermeyer, 88; A Zionist and Ex-Judge". The New York Times. 1983. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2017-10-02.
- ^ a b Sammons, Jeffrey L. (2006). Heinrich Heine. Königshausen & Neumann. ISBN 9783826032127.
- ^ a b Rosendale, Steven (2005). American Radical and Reform Writers. Gale. ISBN 9780787668402.