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AudioClementine L. Kaufman 16-03-2002 Weaving Women's Words
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Oral historian Jean Freedman interviewed Clementine Kaufman on March 16, 2002 in Baltimore, Maryland as part of the Jewish Women's Archive "Weaving Women's Words" project. A tireless advocate for social justice, Clementine L. Kaufman was born in 1924 in Baltimore County. The daughter of Rabbi Morris Lazaron of Baltimore Hebrew Congregation, Clem lost her mother when she was eight years old. Cared for by a series of governesses as a child, she gradually assumed a central role in running their busy household. As a young woman, she traveled extensively and was exposed to many non-Jewish religious leaders and internationally known public figures whom her father knew through his leadership in the National Conference of Christians and Jews. While still a student at Goucher College, Clem married Frank Kaufman in 1945, a lawyer and later a federal judge. After their children, Frank Jr. and Peggy, were born, Clem devoted herself to raising her family and volunteer work. She later earned a master's degree and a Ph.D. from the University of Maryland School of Social Work and focused her work life on alternative educational institutions for girls. Clem's passion for learning continues in her r…
Directors & creators
Jewish Women's Archive
Subjects
Social justice; Education; Writer
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