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Subject: This Week in History for October 2
From: "Jewish Women's Archive"
Date: Mon, October 2, 2006 8:01
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"This Week in History" offers a unique guide to American Jewish women's history -
identifying intriguing events that occurred during this particular week in years
past.

More information about each of the events described below can be found on the
website of the Jewish Women's Archive at http://www.jwa.org/this_week/week40.html



WEEK OF OCTOBER 2


Annie Leibovitz, one of the country's most gifted photographers, was born on October
2, 1949.


When she joined the ABC evening news as a co-anchor on October 4, 1976, Barbara
Walters became the highest paid journalist, male or female, up to that time.


Aviel Barclay became the first certified female Torah scribe on October 6, 2003.


Driven by the passionate lobbying efforts of activist Annie Nathan Meyer, Barnard
College opened it doors in a rented Madison Avenue brownstone on October 7, 1889.



Read more at:
http://www.jwa.org/this_week/week40.html


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