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Sophia Monté Loebinger (1865–1944), née Neuberger, was a Jewish-American singer, activist, orator, and editor, known for her adoption of the British suffragette title, as well as her advocacy for more militant tactics than her contemporaries, the suffragists. She was a founding member of the National Progressive Woman Suffrage Union and editor of its newspaper, The American Suffragette.
Sophia Loebinger was born in Chicago, Illinois on July 28 1865, to German-born Jewish immigrant parents Jacob and Roldene Neuberger. [1] [2] She attended New York's Grammar School No. 53, graduating first class with a silver medal in German in 1874. [3] Bad conditions. [4]
Sophia married German-born physician Hugo Julius Loebinger on November 27 1889 in Manhattan. [5] [6] On October 20 1891, she gave birth to their daughter, Julia (Jewel) Inez Loebinger. [7]
In the early 1900s, they lived with Sophia's brother David M. Neuberger. [8] [9]
Moved in with Hugo's sister, Alma, and her family in 1925. [10]
Hugo died on June 28 1925. [11]
In 1909, Loebinger along with fellow suffrage activist Helen Murphy and Merle Ryan, became a director of the newly-incorporated Suffrage Publishing Company of New York. [12]
May 5 1909: had a 13 year old boy arrested and charged to be held in Children's court for creating a disturbance. [13]
On June 26 1917, Loebinger attended the Conference of Organized Labor Relative to Educational Facilities, held in New York. As President of the Parents’ Association of Public School No. 186, she delivered a rousing ten minute speech in which she called for more funding to be given to public schools. [14]
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sophia Monté Loebinger (1865–1944), née Neuberger, was a Jewish-American singer, activist, orator, and editor, known for her adoption of the British suffragette title, as well as her advocacy for more militant tactics than her contemporaries, the suffragists. She was a founding member of the National Progressive Woman Suffrage Union and editor of its newspaper, The American Suffragette.
Sophia Loebinger was born in Chicago, Illinois on July 28 1865, to German-born Jewish immigrant parents Jacob and Roldene Neuberger. [1] [2] She attended New York's Grammar School No. 53, graduating first class with a silver medal in German in 1874. [3] Bad conditions. [4]
Sophia married German-born physician Hugo Julius Loebinger on November 27 1889 in Manhattan. [5] [6] On October 20 1891, she gave birth to their daughter, Julia (Jewel) Inez Loebinger. [7]
In the early 1900s, they lived with Sophia's brother David M. Neuberger. [8] [9]
Moved in with Hugo's sister, Alma, and her family in 1925. [10]
Hugo died on June 28 1925. [11]
In 1909, Loebinger along with fellow suffrage activist Helen Murphy and Merle Ryan, became a director of the newly-incorporated Suffrage Publishing Company of New York. [12]
May 5 1909: had a 13 year old boy arrested and charged to be held in Children's court for creating a disturbance. [13]
On June 26 1917, Loebinger attended the Conference of Organized Labor Relative to Educational Facilities, held in New York. As President of the Parents’ Association of Public School No. 186, she delivered a rousing ten minute speech in which she called for more funding to be given to public schools. [14]