Background
She came to New London, Connecticut with her father in 1876.
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Bertha Baruch
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Bertha Hirsch Baruch was an American (California) writer and suffragette. She wrote poetry in her teens and was encouraged by Rose Hawthorne Lathrop in her literary efforts. Active in College Settlement and University
Extinct work, she attended Pennsylvania University and Yale.
She was on the editorial staff for the Los Angeles Times. In 1906 she lived at 1168 West. 36th Saint, Los Angeles, California.
Active in the women"s suffrage movement, Mistress Baruch was the county president of the Los Angeles Suffrage Association in 1905 when two conventions were hosted:
the Women's Parliament, October 10–11, and
the county convention of the Equal Suffrage League October 12.
In 1908 she was the treasurer of the Los Angeles Jewish Women's Foreign Relief Association.
