Martha Neumark [SEP] date of birth
Martha Neumark
Martha Neumark (1904–1981) was an important figure in the history of women's ordination as rabbis.
She was the daughter of a professor at Hebrew Union College, and in 1921 she became the first female student at Hebrew Union College to declare her desire to become a rabbi. That year she requested a High Holiday pulpit for the next year, just as her male classmates would receive. The president of the college told its board of governors that it made sense that if she did preach and complete the
, as verified by a copy of her birth certificate.
No "Martha Sleeper" appears in the 1910 census records; however, a "Martha Sleeper" is listed as 9 years old in the 1920 census (April 1920) and 19 years old in the 1930 census (April 1930). An airline passenger list, flight CBA 611 from St. Maarten to Charlotte Amalie, VI, on 10 Sep 1962, gives a birthdate of 6-24-1910, in Illinois (ancestry.com). A U.K. Incoming Passenger