Dora Askowith (August 30, 1884 - October 23, 1958) was a Lithuanian-born American college professor, author and historian. She was director of the Women’s Organization for the American Jewish Congress.
Askowith received her primary education at Winthrop School, in Roxbury, Boston and attended high school at Girls' High School.[1] She was born in Kovno. She graduated from Barnard College and Columbia University. From 1912 to 1957, she taught at Hunter College.[2]
For a short period in the 1920s, Askowith studied at Rabbinical school, although ordination was denied to female students.[3]
In 1891, her father, Jacob Baruch, and brother, Charles, designed one of the early versions of the Flag of Israel.[4][5]
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