| 词条 | Sarah Lavanburg Straus |
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| image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = Sarah Lavanburg | birth_date = 1861 | birth_place = New York City | death_date = November 9, 1945 (age 84) | death_place = New York City | death_cause = | nationality = American | education = | home_town = | residence = | spouse = Oscar Straus | occupation = Philanthopist | known_for = | children = Mildred Straus Schafer Aline Straus Hockstader Roger Williams Straus | parents = Hannah Seller Lavanburg Louis Lavanburg | family = Roger Williams Straus Jr. (grandson) Gladys Eleanor Guggenheim (daughter-in-law) }} Sarah Lavanburg Straus (1861–1945) was an American philanthropist and wife of diplomat Oscar Straus. BiographyBorn Sarah Lavanburg to a Jewish family in 1861 in New York City, the daughter of Hannah (née Seller) and Louis Lavanburg.[1] Her father was an investment banker.[1] She had one brother, merchant Frederick Lavanburg.[1] She was educated in private schools.[1] On April 19, 1882, she married Bavarian-immigrant and American diplomat Oscar Straus.[1] From 1887 to 1889, she lived in Istanbul where her husband served as ambassador and she became acquainted with German-Jewish industrialist Baron Maurice de Hirsch and Baroness Clara de Hirsch.[1] In 1891, the Strausses persuaded Baron Hirsch to establish the Baron de Hirsch Fund which focused on aiding Jewish immigrants relocating from Russia; and the Clara de Hirsch Home for Working Girls. Straus was appointed the first president of the Clara De Hirsch Home for Working Girls where she served until her death.[1] In 1915, the Immigrant Home’s operation was taken over by Straus and her brother, and renamed the Hannah Lavanburg Home in honor of their mother.[1] In 1926, her husband died.[1] In 1929, she financed and participated in a four-month expedition to central Africa for the American Museum of Natural History to obtain birds from Uganda, Kenya, and Nyasaland (now Malawi).[1] In 1934, she financed and participated in an eight-month expedition to West Africa for the Field Museum of Natural History to collect bird specimens in Senegal, French Sudan, and Niger territory.[1] Straus served on the board of the Fred L. Lavanburg Foundation.[1] Personal lifeStraus had three children with her husband: Mildred Straus Schafer (born 1883), Aline Straus Hockstader (born 1889), and Roger Williams Straus (1891–1957, married to Gladys Eleanor Guggenheim).[1][2][3] Strauss died on November 9, 1945 at her home in New York City.[1] She was a member of Temple Emanu-El in Manhattan.[1] Her grandson is Roger Williams Straus Jr. References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 {{Cite web|last= |first= |authorlink= |title= Sarah Lavanburg Straus 1861 – 1945 |publisher=Jewish Women's Archive|date= |url= https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/straus-sarah-lavanburg |accessdate=March 16, 2018}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Straus, Sarah Lavanburg}}2. ^{{Cite web|last= |first= |authorlink= |title= Morse, Mildred Hockstader Tiny |publisher=New York Times|date= July 9, 2005|url= https://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/09/classified/paid-notice-deaths-morse-mildred-hockstader-tiny.html|accessdate=March 16, 2018}} 3. ^{{Cite web|last= |first= |authorlink= |title= Roger Williams Straus (1891-1957) |publisher=Rutgers University-Newark School of Public Affairs and Administration|date= |url=http://www.vmps.us/roger-williams-straus-1891-1957 |accessdate=March 16, 2018}} 4 : 1861 births|1945 deaths|Jewish American philanthropists|Straus family |
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