Helene S. Coleman (April 22, 1925 - January 30, 2021) was the president of the National Council of Jewish Women in the USA. She was inducted into the

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in 1982. Coleman was instrumental in establishing the '' Guardian ad Litem'' program in the state of

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in 1979. She was born in

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and received her undergraduate degree from

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in 1945. Coleman died January 30, 2021, in Jacksonville, Florida.

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