biography
| name: |
Moskowitz, Belle Lindner (Israels)
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pronunciation:
[moskovich]
| sex:
| female
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| lived:
| (1877–1933)
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| biography:
| Social worker and political adviser, born in Harlem, New York, USA. After a year at Teachers College of Columbia University (1894–5), she held various posts in progressive urban reform organizations for the next 20 years. In 1918 she became an aide to Alfred E Smith and served him as a close political adviser during his terms as governor of New York (1919–21, 1923–9) and his campaign as the Democratic Party nominee for president in 1928. |
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