Record #:

16135

Author(s):

McGrew, Ellen Z.

Abstract:

Gertrude Weil was president of the Goldsboro chapter of the Equal Suffrage League. After ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment she remained a political and civic figure aiding the impoverished during the Great Depression and paying expenses for Jews fleeing Nazi-occupied France.

Source:

Tar Heel Junior Historian (NoCar F 251 T3x), Vol. 23 Issue 3, Spring 1984, p25-27, il

Subject(s):

Weil, Gertrude, 1879-1971; Women's rights; Equal Suffrage League--Goldsboro chapter