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Louise Wise (née Waterman; July 17, 1872 – December 10, 1947) was a Jewish-American artist and social worker. Her husband was Rabbi Stephen S. Wise. Life
Philanthropist and charity worker Louise Waterman Wise was likely the first American Jewish Woman to be awarded the Order of the British Empire, the equivalent of a knighthood. She was, without doubt, the first to decline the honor.
Justine Wise was born April 12, 1903, in Portland, Oregon, to Rabbi Stephen Wise and Louise Waterman Wise. Her father was a prominent rabbi who helped found the American Jewish Congress (1918) and the NAACP (1909). He was also a leading advocate of a Jewish state and a pro-labor activist.
Jewish activist Louise Waterman Wise, addressing the 1944 War Emergency Conference of the World Jewish Congress her husband was president of, in Atlantic City. In 1922 Wise founded the Jewish Institute of Religion, an educational center in New York City to train rabbis in Reform Judaism.
American charitable leader and Zionist . Born Louise Waterman on July 17, 1874, in New York City; died of pneumonia on December 10, 1947; daughter of Julius Waterman (an artisan) and Justine (Mayer) Waterman; educated at a finishing school in Comstock, New York; married Stephen Samuel Wise (a rabbi), on November 14, 1900 (died 1949); children: ...
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Although most historians view Louise Waterman Wise as simply the wife of Stephen S. Wise, her influence as a tireless advocate for the care and protection of children, the development of communal health care, refugee resettlement, and the establishment of the State of Israel was unparalleled.
