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Barbara Mandel

Barbara Mandel

American activist and philanthropist (1925–2019)

Not to be confused with British journalist and newsreader Barbara Mandell, or American singer and actress Barbara Mandrell.

Barbara Abrams Mandel (December 13, 1925 – November 21, 2019) was an American activist and philanthropist. She was named to the Ohio Women's Hall of Fame[1] in 1985.[2] She was elected to two terms as President of the National Council of Jewish Women, which is the oldest Jewish women's organization in the country.[2] Mandel and her husband Morton's operation, the Morton and Barbara Mandel Family Foundation,[3][4] gave a $10 million gift to the Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum in 2014.[5][6][7]

Quick Facts Born, Died ...

Mandel died on November 21, 2019, a month after her husband.[8]

References

  1. [1]
    Royster, J.J. (2003). Profiles of Ohio Women, 1803–2003. Ohio Bicentennial. Ohio University Press. p. 270. ISBN 978-0-8214-1508-5. Retrieved May 28, 2016.
  2. [2]
    "SEARCH the Ohio Women's Hall of Fame". ODJFS Online. Retrieved May 28, 2016.
  3. [3]
    "Mandel Foundation". fconline.foundationcenter.org. December 1, 1979. Retrieved May 28, 2016.
  4. [4]
    Daniel Judah Elazar (1995). Community and Polity: The Organizational Dynamics of American Jewry. Jewish Publication Society. ISBN 978-0-8276-0565-7.
  5. [5]
    "Cooper-Hewitt Receives $10 Million Gift from the Morton and Barbara Mandel Family FoundationCooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum". Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum. February 6, 2014. Retrieved May 28, 2016.
  6. [6]
    Stoessel, Amy Ann (February 6, 2014). "Barbara and Morton Mandel give $10 million to Smithsonian museum in New York". Crain's Cleveland Business. Retrieved May 28, 2016.
  7. [7]
    "Cooper-Hewitt Receives $10 Million Gift from the Morton and Barbara Mandel Family Foundation". Newsdesk. February 6, 2014. Retrieved May 31, 2016.
  8. [8]
    "Barbara Mandel, widow of Morton Mandel, dies at 98". wkyc.com. November 22, 2019.


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