Bertha Hirsch Baruch was a German born American writer, social worker, and

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. Baruch was born in the Province of Posen,

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. She immigrated to

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with her father in 1876. Baruch wrote poetry in her teens and was encouraged by

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in her literary efforts. Active in College Settlement and university extension work, she attended Pennsylvania University and

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. She later worked on the editorial staff for the ''

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''. In 1906 she lived at 1168 W. 36th St.,

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. Baruch was active in the women's

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movement. She became the county president of the Los Angeles Suffrage Association in 1905 when two conventions were hosted: *the Women’s Parliament, October 10–11, and *the county convention of the Equal Suffrage League October 12. In 1908 Baruch became the treasurer of the Los Angeles Jewish Women’s Foreign Relief Association. She published ''Dress as a Social Factor'' in 1912.

References

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