Background
Mrs. Bellush was born in Brooklyn, New York, United States, on May 20, 1924. She is a daughter of Harry (a garment cutter) and Rose (Weiss) Lubin.
Mrs. Bellush was born in Brooklyn, New York, United States, on May 20, 1924. She is a daughter of Harry (a garment cutter) and Rose (Weiss) Lubin.
Jewel Bellush attended new York City public schools, including Samuel J. Tilden High School. After a brief stay at City College, she went to the University of Wisconsin at Madison, majoring in American history and graduating with Bachelor of Arts degree in 1946. In February 1946 she entered the graduate program in American history at Columbia University, where she met her future husband, Bernard Bellush. She earned a Master of Arts degree in 1948, with a thesis on “Women and Abolition,” and a Doctor of Philosophy in 1955, with a dissertation on Herbert H. Lehman.
Mrs. Bellush formed an international organization of students in Prague, Czechoslovakia, and worked as a railroad construction worker in Yugoslavia in late 1940s. She began as assistant professor at Hunter College, New York City. Later Mrs. Bellush also held the following positions at the university: associate professor, professor of political science, professor emeritus. After that she acted as a staff director of Mayor’s Commission on City-State Relations.
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She married Bernard Bellush (a professor) in June, 1948. They had 2 children: Geraldine, Deborah.
