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Alice Davis Marks Menken (August 4, 1870 – March 23, 1936) was a Jewish American known for her social work, particularly with female Jewish immigrant juvenile delinquency. == Early life and career == Alice Davis Marks Menken was born Alice Davis Marks to Michael Marks and Miriam (Maduro Peixotto) Davis on August 4, 1870 in New York City. She was the third of seven children and in lineage of multiple distinguished European Sephardic families and the Daughters of the American Revolution. Her family was very active in their Manhattan temple, Congregation Shearith Israel, where great-granddaughter, Moses Levi Maduro Peixotto, was one of its first cantors. In her youth, Davis Menken attended the Gardner Institute and the New York School for Community Workers. On October 17, 1893, she married Mortimer Morange Menken, an attorney and descendant of Rabbi Gershom Seixas. Their only son, Harold Davis Menken, was born two years later. She served in the Women's Motor Corps during World War I. Davis Menken became known for her social work. She was an active member of the National Council of Jewish Women, a trustee of the Federation of Jewish Philanthropies and Women's Branch of Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations, and 27-year sisterhood president of her temple, Shearith Israel (1901–1928). She co-founded the Shearith Israel Sisterhood in 1896. In 1905 she was a member of the Committee of Fourteen. Davis Menken began her career in social relief work at the sisterhood's settlement Neighborhood House, which worked with the surrounding Jewish immigrant community, especially those who arrived in 1908 to escape the Ottoman Empire. This experience led to her interest in helping to stem increased juvenile delinquency in female Jewish immigrant populations. Davis Menken founded the Jewish Board of Guardians in 1907, which increased delinquent supervision after probation to three years. In 1908, she started a sisterhood committee to help the New York City Probation Department in the Women's Night Court, which helped Jewish women in the court until the court was dissolved eleven years later. She later started the Jewish Big Sister Movement. She was president of the Society for Political Study from 1911 to 1913, and worked as a trustee with the Institute for Instruction of Deaf Mutes, and as a director of the Florence Crittendon League. As an expert on prison reform, New York Governor Alfred Smith appointed her to the New York State Reformatory for Women board of managers in 1920, and she also sat on the National Committee on Prisons and Prison Labor. Davis Menken authored several books pertaining to women's social welfare, including a book on prison reform. She was also a member of the Republican Party, Women's City Club, and the National Probation Association. Her husband died January 1, 1930. Davis Menken died March 23, 1936 in her New York City Hotel Westover apartment. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Alice Davis Menken」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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