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Sophia Monté Loebinger (1865–1944), née Neuberger, was a Jewish-American singer, activist, orator, and editor, known for her adoption of the British suffragette title, as well as her advocacy for more militant tactics than her contemporaries, the suffragists. She was a founding member of the National Progressive Woman Suffrage Union and editor of its newspaper, The American Suffragette.
Biography
editEarly Life
editSophia Loebinger was born in Chicago, Illinois on July 28 1865, to German-born Jewish immigrant parents Jacob and Roldene Neuberger.[1] [2] She attended New York's Grammar School No. 53, graduating first class with a silver medal in German in 1874.[3] Bad conditions.[4]
Marriage and Children
editSophia married German-born physician Hugo Julius Loebinger on November 27 1889 in Manhattan.[5][6] On October 20 1891, she gave birth to their daughter, Julia (Jewel) Inez Loebinger.[7]
In the early 1900s, they lived with Sophia's brother David M. Neuberger.[8][9]
Moved in with Hugo's sister, Alma, and her family in 1925.[10]
Hugo died on June 28 1925. [11]
Pre-Suffrage Work
editMonte Relief Society
editPolitical Views and Activism
editMilitancy
editIn 1909, Loebinger along with fellow suffrage activist Helen Murphy and Merle Ryan, became a director of the newly-incorporated Suffrage Publishing Company of New York.[12]
Open-Air Meetings
editMay 5 1909: had a 13 year old boy arrested and charged to be held in Children's court for creating a disturbance.[13]
Education Funding
editOn June 26 1917, Loebinger attended the Conference of Organized Labor Relative to Educational Facilities, held in New York. As President of the Parents’ Association of Public School No. 186, she delivered a rousing ten minute speech in which she called for more funding to be given to public schools. [14]
Singing Career
editDeath and Legacy
editReferences
edit- ^ National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington D.C.; Roll #: 447; Volume #: Roll 447 - 07 Jun 1895-13 Jun 1895.
- ^ Year: 1880; Census Place: New York City, New York, New York; Roll: 898; Page: 660D; Enumeration District: 644.
- ^ Year: 1870; Census Place: New York Ward 19 District 10, New York, New York; Roll: M593_1003; Page: 325A; Family History Library Film: 552502.
- ^ "AN UNHEALTHY BUILDING.: THE CONDITION OF GRAMMAR SCHOOL NO.53." New York Times (1857-1922), Sep 20 1888, p. 9. ProQuest. Web. 13 Dec. 2020.
- ^ New York City Department of Records & Information Services; New York City, New York; New York City Birth Certificates
- ^ Ancestry.com. New York, New York, U.S., Extracted Marriage Index, 1866-1937 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
- ^ New York City Department of Records & Information Services; New York City, New York; New York City Birth Certificates; Borough: Manhattan; Year: 1891.
- ^ Year: 1910; Census Place: Manhattan Ward 12, New York, New York; Roll: T624_1025; Page: 11A; Enumeration District: 0648; FHL microfilm: 1375038.
- ^ New York State Archives; Albany, New York; State Population Census Schedules, 1915; Election District: 25; Assembly District: 21; City: New York; County: New York; Page: 38.
- ^ New York State Archives; Albany, New York; State Population Census Schedules, 1925; Election District: 35; Assembly District: 07; City: New York; County: New York; Page: 11
- ^ Ancestry.com. New York, New York, U.S., Extracted Death Index, 1862-1948 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
- ^ "Suffrage Publishers Incorporate." New York Times (1857-1922), Dec 31 1909, p. 16. ProQuest. Web. 13 Dec. 2020 .
- ^ The Sun. (New York, NY) 6 May. 1909. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/item/sn83030272/1909-05-06/ed-1/.
- ^ New York . Board Of Aldermen. Committee On General Welfare. . [New York: s.n, 1917] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/18010642/>.