Clara Roth, Author, Social Activist, Educator
Introduction and biography from my upcoming publication about Clara Roth Clara Roth 1855-1942 Who was Clara Roth? A Jewish woman forced to flee from her home during the Holocaust. A social activist in Europe at a time when women in social activism were disparaged by the male dominated society. An artist and educator whose promotion of Slöjd in education for children and young adults was influential in the introduction and expansion of hand craft as an essential part of pedagogy. Clara Roth, née Morgenstern, was an influential 19th century Jewish educator, social activist and author. She was born on May 10, 1855 in Breslau, Poland to Lina Morgenstern the famous social activist. Clara Roth worked as a teacher and social worker in Berlin before retiring to the family home in Grunewald, Germany. Subsequently she was later forced out of Grunewald by Nazis and moved into a former Jewish orphanage in north Berlin. She died there in 1942. Roth was the eldest daughter of Lina Morgenstern ...