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Yetta Gottesman
Yetta is a given name. Notable people with the name include: * Yetta Barsh Shachtman (1915–1996), American socialist politician * Yetta Emanuel, South African lawn bowler * Yetta Zwerling Yetta Zwerling Silverman (December 25, 1894 – January 17, 1982) was a Yiddish movie star during the 1930s and 1940s. Early life Yetta Zwerling was born in Kalievo, near Lemberg, Galicia, Austria-Hungary (present-day Choliv, near Lviv, Ukra ... (1894–1982), Yiddish movie star ;Fictional * Yetta Rosenberg, character from ''The Nanny'' {{given name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yetta Barsh Shachtman
Yetta Barsh Shachtman (1915–1996) was an American socialist politician, who was married to Max Shachtman, a Marxist theorist. Barsh attended Tuley High School in Chicago, where she and her future husband Nathan Gould were chosen to give the commencement address for the class of 1932. They delivered "a fiery attack on the capitalist system replete with quotes from Big Bill Haywood and Eugene Debs". Barsh was first married to Nathan "Natie" Gould, her high school boyfriend, who was also a Trotskyist activist. Her friends in high school also included the future novelist Isaac Rosenfeld, who shared her interest in radical politics. After obtaining a divorce from Gould, she married Shachtman in 1954. Barsh worked as the secretary of Albert Shanker, the president of the United Federation of Teachers. The money she earned from this job allowed Shachtman to focus on his political work. While working for Shanker, Barsh was responsible for the hiring of Sandra Feldman Sandra Fel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yetta Emanuel
Yetta Emanuel is a former South African international lawn bowler. Bowls career In 1969 she won three gold medals in the triples, fours and overall team event at the 1969 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Sydney, Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma .... She also won a gold medal in the team event (Taylor Trophy). References Living people South African female bowls players Bowls World Champions Year of birth missing (living people) {{SouthAfrica-bowls-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yetta Zwerling
Yetta Zwerling Silverman (December 25, 1894 – January 17, 1982) was a Yiddish movie star during the 1930s and 1940s. Early life Yetta Zwerling was born in Kalievo, near Lemberg, Galicia, Austria-Hungary (present-day Choliv, near Lviv, Ukraine). Her father had a fruit business and was also a klezmer. Her sisters Bessie and Mamie sang in the Yiddish theater chorus and brought Yetta in as well.Zalmen Zylbercweig, ''Leksikon fun Yidishn teater'', Book 3, #2276 She emigrated to the United States with her family, finishing high school there and playing juvenile roles in variety theaters and English-language vaudeville. During her vaudeville years she also sang Yiddish songs like ''Vu Bistu, Yukel?'' and ''Bei Mir Bist du Schoen.'' Career Her first "legitimate role" in Yiddish theatre was as Hanele in Zolotarevsky's ''Yeshiva Bokher (Schoolboy)''. She toured and ended up in New York, playing Yiddish vaudeville with Sam Klinetsky at the Grand Theater, then doing four years of E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |