Survey Shows Important Role by N. Y. Jewish Women in Local Philanthropic Work

The extent to which the Jewish women of New York are taking part in the philanthropic work of the community was disclosed today with the publication by Mrs. Sidney C. Borg, chairman of the Women’s Division of the Federation for the Support of Jewish Philanthropic Societies, of the results of a study of their work on the directorates of the ninety-one humanitarian agencies of the federation. The study was based on recent board elections at the institutions.

There are more women than men among the 1,715 directors of the Federation institutions, Mrs. Borg’s report states, 924 serving on at least one board. Thirty-eight women are directors of at least 3 social agencies, the statement shows.

“These figures are more important when considered in connection with the fact that the Women’s Division of the Federation since its start has been actively engaged in raising funds for the institutions,” Mrs. Borg said. “Not only have New York women proved themselves invaluable in the direction of charitable affairs, but they have secured such sums for the work as would place them in the forefront of the country’s community chests were they an independent body.”

The following women are on at least 3 boards: Mmes. Henry Blumenthal, Henri Bloch, Miss Nellie Bookman, Mmes. Myron I. Borg, Sidney C. Borg, Frederick Brown, Leopold Demuth, May V. Fisher, Edwin M. Friedlander, Benjamin M. Guggenheim, Lester Hofheimer, Moses Hyamson, Henry Ittleson, Joseph Hardy, Albert E. Heller, Mortimer H. Hess, Walter S. Klee, Leo M. Klein, Isaac Kubie, Lois C. Levison, S. J. Levy. Sol Livingston, Otto Loeb, Solomon Lowenstein, Moses M. Marcuse, Mortimer M. Menken, Henry Morgenthau, N. Taylor Phillips, Jacob H. Schiff, Fred M. Stein, Sylvan L. Stix, Joseph Stroock, Sol M. Stroock, Arthur Hays Sulzberger, Jane Topley, Irwin Untermyer, Miss Carrie Wise and Mrs. Henry Zuckerman.