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Women of Valor

Barbara Myerhoff

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Barbara Myerhoff
Barbara Myerhoff
Barbara Barbara Myerhoff in "In Her Own Time"
Barbara Barbara Myerhoff in "In Her Own Time"
Israel Levin Senior Center Members at the Life Not Death in Venice Protest
Israel Levin Senior Center Members at the Life Not Death in Venice Protest
Poster from the Film by Barbara Myerhoff, Number Our Days
Poster from the Film by Barbara Myerhoff, Number Our Days
Barbara Myerhoff with a Members of the Israel Levin Senior Center, 1978
Barbara Myerhoff with a Members of the Israel Levin Senior Center, 1978
Woman from the Senior Center Discussing her Grandmother
Woman from the Senior Center Discussing her Grandmother
A Woman at the Israel Levin Senior Center Lighting the Candles for Shabbat
A Woman at the Israel Levin Senior Center Lighting the Candles for Shabbat
A Woman at Sabbath Services
A Woman at Sabbath Services
Barbara Myerhoff and Israel Levin Senior Center Members
Barbara Myerhoff and Israel Levin Senior Center Members
Two Men at the Israel Levin Center
Two Men at the Israel Levin Center
A Drawing by Myerhoff's Mother, Florence Siegal
A Drawing by Myerhoff's Mother, Florence Siegal
Barbara Myerhoff at a "Knotting-In" Ceremony, 1966
Barbara Myerhoff at a "Knotting-In" Ceremony, 1966
Barbara Myerhoff Partaking in Sacred Water Ritual by Peyoteros, 1966
Barbara Myerhoff Partaking in Sacred Water Ritual by Peyoteros, 1966
Barbara Myerhoff with her Children
Barbara Myerhoff with her Children
Lee and Barbara Myerhoff
Lee and Barbara Myerhoff
Barbara Myerhoff at Conference on Youth, Press Conference, 1969
Barbara Myerhoff at Conference on Youth, Press Conference, 1969
Barbara Myerhoff with her Grandmother Sophie Mann
Barbara Myerhoff with her Grandmother Sophie Mann
Barbara Myerhoff, circa 1966
Barbara Myerhoff, circa 1966

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