Mathilde Roth Schechter

Mathilde Roth Schechter (1859–1924) was the American founder of the U.S. National Women's League of Conservative Judaism in 1918. She was married to Rabbi Dr. Solomon Schechter, a prominent rabbi who was chancellor of the Jewish Theological Seminary. She founded and taught at the Columbia Religious and Industrial School for Jewish Girls. After assisting Henrietta Szold in creating Hadassah, Schechter later served as its national chairwoman of education. The Mathilde Schechter Residence Hall contains undergraduate housing for students of the Jewish Theological Seminary's List College.
==See also==
*Conservative Judaism
*United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism
Category:Conservative Judaism
Category:1859 births
Category:1924 deaths