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<h3><strong>The Straus Family: A History of Public Service and Philanthropy (G-2)</strong></h3>
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Beginning in the 19th Century and continuing into the 20th, members of the Straus Family have served in governmental positions at the federal and local levels. More particularly, family members have served in the House of Representatives, as Ambassadors, and as Presidential Cabinet Members. By virtue of their positions, as well as a consequence of their acting as advisors and confidants to a number of American Presidents, family members have been actively involved in the formulation of American public policy for well over 100 years.<br /> <br />Furthermore, in the context of American finance and commerce, family members were the owners of Macy's for nearly 100 years. In addition to their participation in the commercial development of the City of New York and America in general, family members have been in a position to assist others less fortunate throughout this period of time. Members of the family have served on the boards of innumerable philanthropic organizations. As a consequence of the family's involvement in this broad spectrum of American life, the family exemplifies and brings to life the true American story and its spirit.<br /> <br />Thus, it is not so much the story of one family that is sought to be told, but rather the American experience as seen through and lived by a family during this period of growth of America.<br /> <br />Source: <a href="http://www.straushistoricalsociety.org/"><strong>www.straushistoricalsociety.org</strong></a>
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Sarah Lavanburg Straus: Clara de Hirsch Home for Working Girls
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<h4><a href="https://vmps.omeka.net/exhibits/show/straus-family/straus-family">Return to The Straus Family: A History of Public Service and Philanthropy</a></h4>
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<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;color:#000000;">In 1887, when Oscar S. Straus (1850-1926) was minister to Constantinople, he and his wife Sarah Lavanburg Straus (1861-1945) became friendly with Baron Maurice de Hirsch and his wife Clara. The Baron, considered the fifth wealthiest man in Europe at the time, was a banker and philanthropist who devoted himself to benevolent causes. The Strauses were helpful to the Baron as he decided how to allocate his enormous fortune.</span></p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;color:#000000;">When Baron de Hirsch died suddenly in 1896, his wife continued his philanthropic work. Among her many charitable interests was her concern for the welfare of young immigrant working girls in New York City at the turn of the twentieth century. She donated $200,000 to build a home for them, pledging additional funds to maintain it once the building was completed. In all she donated more than $600,000 to this project.</span></p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;color:#000000;">The Clara de Hirsch Home on East 63rd Street in New York was a model for similar trade schools throughout the country. It provided lodgings, vocational training and social activities to a largely unserved population. Their mission was to improve the girls’ mental, moral and physical condition while training them to be self-supporting.</span></p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;color:#000000;">Sarah Lavanburg Straus was the Clara de Hirsch Home for Working Girls’ first president and continued in that position until her death in 1945. Other Straus family members served on its board including Sarah’s husband Oscar, Oscar’s brother Isidor, their sister Sara Straus Hess, brother Nathan’s wife Lina -- and in later years, their children and grandchildren.</span></p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;color:#000000;">As society evolved, the needs of the population of immigrant working girls changed too. In 1960 the Clara de Hirsch Home for Working Girls merged with the 92nd Street Y where, today, there are no longer lodgings, but they still promote programs of all kinds for assimilating newly arrived individuals from around the world.</span></p>
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Circa 1889
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Sarah Lavanburg Straus: Clara de Hirsch Home for Working Girls <br /><br />Source: <a href="http://www.straushistoricalsociety.org">The Straus Historical Society</a>
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Sarah Lavanburg Straus, Clara, Philanthropy, Immigration, School, Education, Working Girls
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Straus Historical Society
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<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;color:#000000;">Links:</span></p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;color:#000000;">“Oscar Solomon Straus: Lawyer, author, Merchant, Philanthropist” Straus Historical society Newsletter Vol. 5 No. 1 (New York: February 2003); pp. 1-7.</span></p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://www.straushistoricalsociety.org/uploads/1/1/8/1/11810298/_____nwsltr803.pdf"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;color:#c51b35;">http://www.straushistoricalsociety.org/uploads/1/1/8/1/11810298/_____nwsltr803.pdf</span></b></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;color:#000000;"></span></p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;color:#000000;">Friedman, Reena Sigman. “Clara de Hirsch Home for Working Girls” Jewish Women: A Comprehensive Historical Encyclopedia. (March 2009)</span></p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/clara-de-hirsch-home-for-working-girls"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;color:#c51b35;">http://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/clara-de-hirsch-home-for-working-girls</span></b></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;color:#000000;"></span></p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;color:#000000;">“Clara de Hirsch Home for Working girls opens” Jewish Women’s Archive.</span></p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://jwa.org/thisweek/may/22/1899/clara-de-hirsch"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;color:#c51b35;">http://jwa.org/thisweek/may/22/1899/clara-de-hirsch</span></b></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;color:#000000;"></span></p>
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Straus Historical Society
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Straus Historical Society
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English
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Historic
Clara
Education
Immigration
Philanthropy
Sarah Lavanburg Straus
School
Working Girls