Alice Davis Menken
Alice Davis Marks Menken (August 4, 1870 – March 23, 1936) was a Jewish American known for her social work, particularly with female Jewish immigrant juvenile delinquency. Early life and career Alice Davis Marks was born in New York City on August 4, 1870, to Michael Marks and Miriam (Maduro Peixotto) Davis, the third of their seven children. Both the Davis and Peixotto families were distinguished Sephardic families long resident in New York City. Her family was active in their Manhattan temple, Congregation Shearith Israel, where her great-grandfather, Moses Levi Maduro Peixotto, had been one of its first hazzan, cantors. In her youth, Davis Menken attended the Gardner School for Girls, Gardner Institute and the New York School for Community Workers. On October 17, 1893, she married Mortimer Morange Menken, an attorney and descendant of Rabbi Gershom Seixas. Their only son, Harold Davis Menken, was born two years later. She served in the Women's Motor Corps during World Wa ...
[...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]  

Union Square (New York City)
Union Square is a historic intersection and surrounding neighborhood in Manhattan, New York City, located where Broadway (Manhattan), Broadway and Bowery, the former Bowery Road – now Park Avenue, Fourth Avenue – came together in the early 19th century. Its name denotes that "here was the union of the two principal thoroughfares of the island". The current Union Square Park is bounded by 14th Street (Manhattan), 14th Street on the south, 17th Street (Manhattan), 17th Street on the north, and Union Square West and Union Square East to the west and east respectively. 17th Street links together Broadway and Park Avenue South on the north end of the park, while Union Square East connects Park Avenue South to Fourth Avenue and the continuation of Broadway on the park's south side. The park is maintained by the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation. Adjacent neighborhoods are the Flatiron District to the north, Chelsea, Manhattan, Chelsea to the west, Greenwic ...
[...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]