Hannah Bachman Einstein
Hannah Bachman Einstein (28 January 1862, in New York City – 28 November 1929) was an American social worker and activist who helped establish child welfare boards in the United States. Early life and education Einstein was born in 1862 to German Jewish immigrants, Fanny (Obermeyer) and Herman Bachman, in New York City. She grew up in the German Reform tradition and her family was involved with social justice issues. Her family attended Temple Emanu-El. Einstein graduated from the New York Chartier Institute. Activism Charity Einstein became involved with the Temple Emanu-El Sisterhood, a Jewish benevolent organization dedicated to charitable causes, when it was founded in 1890. In 1897, she became the head of the sisterhood and in 1899 she became the president of the New York Federation of Temple Sisterhoods. Her work involved visiting the home of recent immigrants. She studied sociology and criminology at Columbia University and modern theories of social welfare at the New York School of Philanthropy in 1900 and 1901. These courses shaped her view that many of the social problems she saw in her charitable work could be traced to the economic and social insecurity of widows. In response, she founded the Widowed Mothers’