Claim: Marion Simon Misch organized and taught the first Sabbath School in Pittsfield (later became a schoolteacher) and in 1921 became the first Jewish president of the Rhode Island Federation of Women's Clubs.
Evidence: When she was 14, she organized and taught the first Sabbath School in Pittsfield. She later trained to be a schoolteacher. In 1921 she became the first Jewish president of the Rhode Island Federation of Women's Clubs.