Mrs. Louise Weiss, Dean of the Parliament of Europe and a noted writer, journalist and militant feminist died here this morning at the age of 90. She had been elected to the European Parliament when she was 86 and played an active role in the assembly. Though only partly of Jewish origin, through her father’s family, Weiss always took a keen interest in international Jewish affairs.
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