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"Imagine having changed the course of history. Sonia Pressman Fuentes . . . , one of the founders of the National Organization for Women (NOW) along with Betty Friedan and others, actually did . . . Her story could have been told in anger or bitterness, but that's not Fuentes' personal, or literary, style.
"It's my way of looking at life," she says. "My life wasn't funny. I just tell it that way."
-- Miami Magazine, Fall 2000
reviewing Fuentes' popular memoir,
Eat First -- You Don't Know What They'll Give You |
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In its October 2005 newsletter, Xlibris, the publisher of Eat First--You Don't Know What They'll Give You, congratulated Sonia Pressman Fuentes for being "[o]ne of the most successful Xlibris authors ever." |
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A child who emigrated from Nazi Germany, arriving in New York with her parents and brother in 1934 |
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First woman attorney in the Office of the General Counsel at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) |
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Co-founder of the National Organization for Women (NOW) and Federally Employed Women (FEW) |
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Speaker on women's rights issues before audiences in the U.S., Europe and Asia |
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One of five women inducted into the Maryland Women's Hall of Fame for the year 2000 - Click
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Included in What Happened to the Children Who Fled Nazi Persecution (2006), Feminists
Who Changed America, 1963-1975 (2006) and Women
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Author of the memoir: Eat First -- You Don't Know What They'll Give You, The Adventures of an Immigrant Family and Their Feminist Daughter |
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 Eat First --
You Don't Know What They'll Give You, The Adventures of
an Immigrant Family and Their Feminist Daughter
by
Sonia Pressman Fuentes
Book Ordering Information
In the United States, EAT FIRST can be ordered in paperback and hardback from amazon.com, bn.com, and xlibris.com. Outside the US, it can be ordered from amazon.co.uk and amazon.ca. EAT FIRST is also available for Kindle.
On Sat., June 25, 2011, at the annual NOW conference at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Tampa, Fl, Sonia received an award for being a cofounder of NOW and for her work at the EEOC.
On May 17, 2011, the Veteran Feminists of America saluted Sonia.
Sonia answers questions dealing with women’s rights and women’s history on allexperts.com and on a blog for women in science (www.scitable.com).
The Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America, which has the largest collection of Sonia’s CD’s, videotapes, and audiotapes, has organized them and this finding aid is online here.
Sonia’s March 3, 2011, letter to the editor of the Sarasota Herald-Tribune is discussed in “Religious Rehab at Florida Jail Sparks Protest,” Church & State (Vol. 64, No. 4, Apr. 2011), the magazine of Americans United for Separation of Church and State.Read the article.
Belgium—Sept. 11-14, 2011
- January 12, 2012, article by Chris Snick, in Antwerp, Belgium, newspaper, Het Nieuwsblod, about Sonia’s efforts to have Robert de Foy removed as one of the “Righteous Among the Nations” by Yad Vashem.
- TV program shown in Antwerp, Belgium about Sonia on September 13, 2011 (Sonia and her family will be featured in the Red Star Line Museum due to open in Antwerp in the spring of 2013.)
- Letter from Philip Heylen, vice mayor for culture and tourism of Antwerp, Belgium, Sept. 19, 2011
- Article published in Het Nieuwsblad in Antwerp, Belgium in September 14, 2011, p. 31
- Article published inDe Nieuwe Gazet in Antwerp, Belgium in September 14, 2011, p. 18
- Article published in De Nieuwe Antwerpenaar magazine in Antwerp, Belgium in mid-Oct. 2011. The picture is of Sonia and her brother, Hermann, at an Antwerp park in 1933-4. A magazine editor in Antwerp found the location, had his photographer take a picture of Sonia in the same spot on Sept. 13, 2011, and juxtaposed the two pictures in this photo.
- Article published in Antwerpen Stad in Antwerp, Belgium in September 14, 2011, p. 16
Letters to the Editor
- On March 3, 2011, Sonia’s letter to the editor concerning the lack of secular options in substance abuse programs at the Sarasota County Jail appeared in the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. Read the letter.
- On Sunday, August 1, 2010, Sonia wrote a letter to the editor to The Washington Post about the July 28 front-page article "After son's birth, a 'horrid' discovery," about an incident at a Virginia hospital. Read the letter.
- On May 18, 2010, HeraldTribune.com published Sonia's letter to the editor about Kathleen Parker's column, "Gender and Geography". Read the letter.
- On October 9, 2009, The Forward published Sonia's letter to the editor about paid maternity leave. Read the letter.
- On August 27, 2009, The New Canaan [CT] Advertiser, published Sonia’s letter to the editor about her dear friend and mentor, the late Dr. Ida Davidoff. Read the letter.
- On November 16, 2008, the Sarasota Herald-Tribune published Sonia's letter to the editor about holding president-elect, Barack Obama, to his promises on paid family leave. Read the letter.
Museum Exhibits
- Press Release of August 2, 2011, of the Jewish Museum of Florida in Miami Beach, FL, which will have an exhibit from September 13, 2011, through March 18, 2012, called "Wooden Synagogues of Poland & The Florida Connection." That exhibit will include Sonia and her family. The Press Release contains a photo titled, “Dombek Family, Sosnowice, Poland, c.1910.” In the center of the picture is Sonia’s uncle (her mother’s brother) and he is surrounded by his family.
- In the spring of 2013, the Red Star Line Museum will open in Antwerp, Belgium, dedicated to the Red Star shipping line, which brought over two million people from Antwerp to the United States, many of them Jews, from 1873 through 1934. Sonia and her family arrived in NY City from Antwerp on May 1, 1934, on the S.S.Westernland, a Red Star Line ship, and the Red Star Line Museum will have a permanent exhibit on Sonia and her family.
- The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., has the diary that Sonia’s brother, Hermann, began keeping in German shorthand in Berlin, Germany, on his 18th birthday, July 21, 1932; continued in Antwerp, Belgium; and concluded in the Bronx on November 29, 1935. It also has the English translation of that diary.
- The National Museum of Jewish History in Philadelphia, PA, has an exhibit on the feminist movement, which includes a picture of some of NOW’s founders, including Sonia, which Sonia provided to the museum, at the request of the museum’s staff.
Summer 2008: Congratulatory letters from the presidents of Cornell University and the University of Miami (FL)
On Dec. 7, 2007, Sonia was made the first honorary member of the Florida Association for Women Lawyers, Sarasota chapter (established in 1984), in its history for "her lifelong dedication to the progression of women's rights." See "Feminist Icon Accepts Sarasota-FAWL's Honorary Membership" in the February 2008 issue of The Docket, the newspaper of the Sarasota County (FL) Bar Association.
From July 2008 to mid-April 2011, she served as a Commissioner of the Sarasota Commission on the Status of Women.
Sonia was honored October 30, 2007, by the Veteran Feminists of America (VFA) at a program at the headquarters of the National
Woman's Party, the Sewall-Belmont House, in Washington, D.C., as one of one hundred forty pioneer feminists who lived or worked in the Washington, D.C., area from 1963-1975 and made significant contributions to women's rights. She was honored by VFA again at a June 9, 2008, program at the Harvard Club in NYC as one of thirty-six feminist lawyers, including U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who made significant contributions to women’s rights in the 1963-1975 time period.
National Organization for Women (NOW)
Sonia is included on NOW’s history website at http://www.now.org/history/the_founding.html (She is number 8 in the picture of the attendees at the Oct.1966 meeting). Not all of those pictured were founders.
Read Sonia's article, "The Founders of NOW," at www.community.feministing.com
After Sonia’s article was published, she secured additional information, which changed the statistics in that article. Sonia’s conclusions are: there were forty-nine founders of NOW, on forty-two of whom Sonia was able to locate up-to-date information. Of these forty-two, eight survive. The largest number of founders (fourteen) came from the Washington, D.C., area (Washington, D.C.; Virginia; and Maryland). New York State was next with thirteen, and Wisconsin third with eight.
Information on NOW’s founders and early strong supporters, with pictures, based on Sonia’s research and conclusions, is available on NOW’s website at http://www.now.org/history/founders.html
Sonia will be featured in Wavelength, an upcoming documentary film on the Second Wave of the women’s movement. For information on the film or to arrange to show it, contact the filmmaker, Jennifer H. Lee, at jenniferhlee@earthlink.net
At a Mother's Day luncheon of the National Research Center for Women & Families in Washington, D.C., on May 6, 2005, Sonia
was one of 10 women honorees celebrated as foremothers for improving women's lives.
On March 18, 2005, Sonia was one of four recipients of the Immigrant Achievement Award of the American Immigration Law Foundation.
To see a video of Sonia’s acceptance speech, click here and scroll down to the “View video” at the bottom of the screen.
Sonia was featured in the August 5, 2004, issue of the University of Miami Alumni E-Newsletter (she is an alumna of the law school) as follows:
Featured Alumna Sonia Pressman Fuentes Leader of the Women's Movement Isn't Slowing Down
For most immigrants fleeing Nazi Germany in the early 1930's, America was a land of freedom and opportunity that usually came with the price of hard times and hard work that left little room for philosophical or social conviction. Not so for Sonia Pressman Fuentes, JD '57, who even today is continuing to work hard in support of her convictions. Fuentes is one of the most lively and active feminist public speakers and authors today, not allowing herself to rest on the laurels of her past accomplishments or slow down in the twilight of her life. From being the first female attorney in the Office of General Counsel at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to being one of the co-founders of the National Organization of Women (NOW), Fuentes continues today to be driven and energetic in her pursuit of women's rights. Recently, Sonia has been traveling the globe and continuing her experiential education in culture, society, and the arts. She has also spoken on behalf of candidates supportive of the women's movement, and will be featured in an upcoming documentary by Jennifer Lee regarding a revival and the second wave of the women's movement. Her memoir, Eat First. You Don't Know What They'll Give You; The Adventures of an Immigrant Family and their Feminist Daughter continues to be a popular and inspirational selection for all people in all walks of life...
Jewish Women's Archive
Sonia is included in the online exhibit of the Jewish Women's Archive entitled Jewish Women and the Feminist Revolution, which consists of 74 Jewish women who contributed to women's rights in the U.S. Sonia is included in the 1963-69 Timeline when she was a co-founder of NOW and the first woman attorney in the General Counsel's Office at the EEOC (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.) Visit the Archive.
For the Washington Jewish Week article on the six Washington, D.C., area women included in the exhibit, click here.
"Sonia
Fuentes writes about an unexpected range of subjects, yet somehow
they remain always linked to her roots in the Yiddish world
of Eastern European Jews. Once that is understood, the traditional
interconnections between her several worlds make perfect sense
as one woman's reflection on the ways in which family, society,
culture, and political engagement have always lived in creative
tension--whether in the world of Fuentes' forebears or in
the exciting one of our own." -- Tom Freudenheim, then-Deputy
Director, Jewish Museum, Berlin, Germany
"I
love your book. It arrived yesterday, and as I began to check
it out, I couldn't stop reading it. The business of Jewish geography
really got to me. As a rather unreconstructed, chauvinist Jewish
girl from Milwaukee, I have played the 'Do you know' game all
my life. Often with great success and pleasure. Thank
you for sending the copy to us. I am so pleased to have it for
our collection." -- Barbara Haber, Curator of Books, Schlesinger
Library on the History of Women in America (at Radcliffe College)
"Evoking
a tear here and a chuckle there, with her heart-warming wit
and wisdom, Sonia Pressman Fuentes recounts the story of a Jewish
family, her family, from her grandparents' origin in a shtettl
in Poland right through her own career as a founder of NOW
and beyond." --Gus Tyler, columnist, contributing editor, The
Forward
An excerpt
from Eat First, called "Coming to America,"
is included in the anthology Matzoh
Ball Soup,  A
Collection of Personal Stories, Poems, and Rabbinical Sermons
That Inspires the Jewish Spirit, by Oliver Kramer and Joshua
Kramer, published in November 2002.
Eat First was required reading in the spring 2000 semester in the School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University in a course on writing about minorities (including women) in America. Ms. Fuentes gave talks to two classes at Cornell in April 2000. In the spring 2001 semester, Eat First was required reading at American University in Washington, D.C., in a course on Writers in Print and in Person.
In 2000, Sonia lectured on “How Being an Immigrant Shaped My Life” at Cornell University and thereafter gave varying versions of that talk at other venues. Articles on that subject have appeared in: 120 HIAS Stories, a book published to commemorate the 120th anniversary of HIAS (Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society) (July 2002), Women in Judaism, a Multidisciplinary Journal (April 2006) (available in html and pdf formats), the Sarasota-Manatee Jewish News(January 2007), the website of the Museum of Family History, and Der Bay, the newsletter of the International Association of Yiddish Clubs (Vol. XX, No. 1, Jan. 2010).
Ms.
Fuentes is included in the Gallery of Prominent Refugees created
in 2000 by the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees to commemorate
its 50th anniversary. Click here to view the Gallery. Ms. Fuentes is also included in Women of Achievement
in Maryland History, a reference book published in October
2002 and distributed to public and private schools, libraries,
religious institutions, and private service organizations in
Maryland.
Eat
First was recommended in May 2000 by Ofrah's
Jewish Book Club. Click here
to read the review.
Eat
First is one of the listed books for the
Women's Institute for Freedom of the Press.
There is a 7-part piece entitled "Sonia's Story,"
about Eat First and Ms. Fuentes at
About.com.
Fuentes
was one of nine authors who have published e-books who were
profiled in the May 2001 issue of Publishing Success,
a publication of the Writer's Digest. Click
HERE to read the interview online.
Fuentes is included in John Kremer's Self-Publishers Hall of Fame, Distinguished Women of Past and Present, the Hall of Fame of HIAS (Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society), the International Who's Who of Professional and Business Women (7th ed. 2000), Who's Who in American Law (2005-2006 edition), and in Who's Who in Sarasota. She will also be included in Great Women of the 21st Century to be published in 2008 by the American Biographical Institute and has been nominated for inclusion in the American Biographical Institute's Women of the Year-A Celebrated Collection of Biographies, also set for publication in 2008.
You
can read a summary of Eat First with excerpts at Sunshine
for Women. Sunshine for Women explores women's history,
feminist theology, women's contributions to art, music, literature,
reproductive rights, global feminism and more. Visit the
Sunshine for
Women homepage for a list of features.
On
October 12, 2001, Sonia gave the keynote address at the 20th
anniversary celebration/retreat of the Women Lawyers of Utah
in Deer
Park, Utah. Her talk. "The
Women's Rights Movement: Where It's Been,
Where It's At" is on a website for professors, researchers,
administrators and librarians of women's studies programs.
Eat
First is one of Xlibris' bestsellers, and is available in
paperback,
hardback
and as an ebook.
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Sonia Pressman
Fuentes graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Cornell University in
1950 and first in her class at the University of Miami School
of Law in 1957. She had a 36-year career as an attorney and
executive with the federal government and multinational corporations.
She drafted many of the EEOC's initial landmark guidelines and
decisions. In addition to being one of the founders of NOW,
she was also a founder of the Women's Equity Action League (WEAL)
and Federally Employed Women (FEW). In November 1996, Betty
Friedan presented her with the Veteran Feminists of America
(VFA) Medal of Honor in recognition of her efforts to improve
the status of women.
Currently, she serves on the advisory committee of VFA. Since
her retirement in 1993, she has pursued an active career as
a writer and public speaker.
On October 10, 1999, Ms. Fuentes was one of four recipients of the 1999
Women at Work Award given by Wider Opportunities for Women (WOW).
WOW, a nationwide organization based in Washington, DC, has
programs to help women and their families achieve economic self-sufficiency.
Fuentes received the award for her commitment to women's issues
and her leadership in the fields of law and business. Prior
awardees include Glenn Close, Jane Fonda, Katie Couric, and
Hillary Rodham Clinton.
"I
walk in the footprints of Sonia Pressman Fuentes."
--Patricia Ireland, then-president, NOW
"Evoking a tear here and a chuckle there, with her heart-warming
wit and wisdom, Sonia Pressman Fuentes recounts the story of
a Jewish family, her family, from her grandparents' origin in
a shtettl in Poland right through her own career as a founder
of NOW and beyond." --Gus Tyler, columnist, contributing
editor, The Forward
"Sonia Pressman Fuentes played a major role in the birth
of the new women's movement and her tales of its early days
will delight historians and those who are curious about the
beginnings of this great social movement. Fuentes is a born
story-teller, with a particular knack for seeing the humorous
aspects of her life." --Dr. Bernice Sandler, Senior Scholar,
Women's Research and Education Institute
"I
referred to you just the other day (as I frequently do) as one
of the `great, unsung heroes' of the women's and civil rights
movements. You single-handedly persuaded Roosevelt, Edelsberg,
me and others to take sex discrimination seriously which, without
you, we would not have done." --Charles T. Duncan, former
General Counsel, EEOC; former Corporation Counsel of the District
of Columbia; former Dean, Howard University School of Law
"As I really realized how bad off women were by the mid-70's, I was appalled, . . . . The champion of women at that time...was Sonia Pressman. She fought the airlines. She fought for the airline stewardesses...She was an EEOC attorney...But Sunny' Pressman...was small and she was dynamic, and don't get in her way. She was one of the gentlest souls you'd ever want to meet, but she was as tough as nails. She took on the airlines and the cause of the flight attendants. Sunny' Pressman is almost single-handedly responsible for flight attendants being married, for their being over 30 and working." -- Dorothy Howze, Making a Right a Reality: An Oral History of the Early Years of the EEOC, 1965-72 (EEOC, 1990). |
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- By Paul Berger, "When 'Savior of Jews' is Deeply Flawed," January 09, 2012. (Article includes a slide show about Sonia.)
- "Jean Faust, First President of the First Chapter of NOW," December 8, 2011.
- By Abby Weingarten, "Feminist Revisits Her Birth Country," November 9, 2011 (Online version | Photocopy)
- Generations of the Shoah International Newsletter, October 2011
- "NOW Conference: Action, Inspiration and Connection," Now National Times, Fall 2011
- "Sonia Fuentes, writer, speaker, and feminist activist, tells us about her life," HavaMAG Life, Issue 4, September 2011
- To access the article:
- Click on the arrow to the right until it takes you to the Table of Contents on the left.
- Click on the first item in the Table of Contents, which is the article about Sonia, on page 10.
- When you come to the article, double click on each page to make the type readable.
- "Featured Author," Published by Sonia's publisher, Xlibris Corp., in a newsletter and on its website, July 27, 2011.
- By Slavica Monczka, “Feminist Sonia Pressman Fuentes. Her Passion for Women’s Rights,” appeared in the e-zine, Inspirational Woman’s Magazine, on July 24, 2011, and was written by Slavica Monczka.
- By Slavica Monczka, "Something Beautiful is Happening," seductivelyfrench.com, July 5, 2011
- "Blending motherhood and working: Moms work by choice — and also out of necessity," Deseret News, June 26, 2011
- "Second Wave Founder" by Sonia Fuentes, girlcantwhat.com, June 9, 2011
- The CHJ Connection (Vo. XIV, No. 9, May-June 2011)
- The Jewish News of Sarasota-Manatee (Vol. 41, No. 2, Feb. 2011)
- The CHJ Connection, the newsletter of the Congregation for Humanistic Judaism in Sarasota, FL, December 2010
- TILES, the newsletter of the Jewish Museum of Florida, December 2010
- 2 million passengers, 2 million stories, The Red Star Line Museum, October 10, 2010
- By WomensRadio Staff, October 12, 2010.
- By Cathy B Stucker, sellingbooks.com, September 8, 2010
- Column called “WorkWise BlogTip: Know when to be direct” by Dr. Mildred L. Culp, which appeared in the Modesto [Calif.] Bee of Sept. 6, 2010
- Radio-TV Interview Report, "Elena Kagan—Fifty and Fabulous," July 7, 2010
- By Joan Collins, The Sullivan County Democrat newspaper on June 18, 2010
- By Joan Collins, The Sullivan County Democrat newspaper on June 11, 2010
- Author Spotlight, Xlibris, June, 2010
- By Andrea Kay, USA Today, May 17, 2010
- By Nancy Gibbs, "Love, Sex, Freedom and the Paradox of the Pill, A Brief History of Birth Control," April 22, 2010
- By David Ball, Sarasota Herald-Tribune, February 20, 2010
- By Tamar Burris, published on the Web site, Story of My Life, January 19, 2010.
- Added as a Luminary on inspiremetoday.com, October 2009
- By Marita Meegan, akgmag.com interviews, August 2009
- By Corie Russell, She Knows, July 2009
- By Meigs Glidewell,
Sarasota Herald-Tribune, June 30, 2009
- By Heather Dunhill, Sarasota Herald-Tribune, June 4, 2009
- By Veronica I. Arreola,
Viva la Feminista, April, 2009
- By Amanda Joe, The Cornell Daily Sun, April 23, 2009
- StopGap Magazine, the members’ magazine of the Fawcett Society in the UK, Spring 2009
- By
Kristen J. Tsetsi, Journal Inquirer, March 31, 2008
- By Evelyn L. Moya, The Docket, February 2008
- By Linda Jimenez Glassman, "English Corner" Radio Sefarad interview, August 2007
- By Ruth Lando, Sarasota Herald-Tribune, July 1, 2007
- By Steven A. Bibb, Passages, Summer 2007
- By Marsha Fottler, Sarasota Herald-Tribune, May 12, 2007
- By Erica Brody, National Council of Jewish Women Journal, Winter 2006 (pdf. file)
- Featured Author, Xlibris, November, 2006
- By Adam Levin, Washington Jewish Week, June 29, 2006
- By Susan Weidman Schneider, The Reporter (Spring 2006, Vol. 55, No. 2, p. 10), a publication of Women's American ORT
- By Jacqueline Sternberg, Washington Jewish Week, April 28, 2005
- The Barrister, the University of Miami (FL) School of Law alumni magazine, Winter 2005
- By Ken Millstone, The Potomac Almanac, October 13-19, 2004
- By Jeanette Friedman, Lifestyles Magazine, Fall 2003 (pdf file)
- By Sheri' McConnell, National Association of Women Writers, May 2003
- By Sylvia Danovitch, Women in Judaism: Contemporary Writings, June 2003 (This interview also appears on the website of Women in Judaism: A Multidisciplinary Journal, on whose consulting board Ms. Fuentes serves.)
- By Michael Pollick, Sarasota Herald-Tribune, November 25, 2002
- By Magdalena Ball, The Compulsive Reader, July 2002
- By Pippa Brush, Expository magazine, June 15, 2002
- By the Editor of WomenWriters.net, June 2002
- By Ann Corcoran Ericsson, Mady Radio, 2001. Click here to listen to the interview.
- By Phil Fink, radio interview on Shalom America, WELW 1330 AM, Cleveland, Ohio, Feb. 3, 2002 (not available on the www)
- By Nate, editor of Jewhoo.com
- By Nikki Katz of about.com on women's issues
- By Norman Simms, Chadashot, August 2001
- By Bill Adams, The Senior News, July 2001
- By Jenna Glatzer, WriteRead University, May 14, 2001
- Publishing Success Magazine, May 2001
- By Barbara Ruben, Senior Beacon, October 2000
- Cornell Chronicle (Vol. 31, No. 31, Apr. 20, 2000)
- By Lynn Laframboise, Word Wrangler Publishing, February 2000
- Shalom, newspaper for the Reading, PA, Jewish community, February 2000
- By Linda Eberharter, Bridge Works Publishing, January 2000
- By Marlena Thompson, Washington Jewish Week, December 16, 1999
- By Linda Davis Kyle, "Writers Around the World," August 1998
- By Eva S., "Evenings with Eva," July 21, 1998
- By Ellen Joan Pollock, Wall Street Journal, May 1998 (This article is a follow-up to a 1975 Wall Street Journal article by Mary Bralove.)
- By Sylvia Danovitch, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), December 27, 1990
- By Betty Friedan, It Changed My Life: Readings on the Women’s Movement, 1976
- By Mary Bralove, Wall Street Journal, May 13, 1975
- Courier-Times, Bucks County, PA, June 25, 1970
- By Dorothy Gilcrest, Anniston (AL) Star, October 21, 1969
- Courant, Hartford, CT, December 7, 1966
- By Sylvia Porter, Post-Crescent, May 28, 1963
- B’nai B’rith Women’s World, November 1959
- By Susie Marbey, The Miami Hurricane, May 10, 1957
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- Jewish Geography -- this story was first published in October 1998 in Der Bay, the newsletter of the International Association of Yiddish Clubs. Here, both the English version and a version in transliterated Yiddish are available in pdf format.
- Return to Germany -- the story of Sonia’s return to Germany in 1978 to speak about the women’s rights revolution in the US for the then-US Information Agency (USIA), published on the website of The Jewish Writing Project on Jan. 19, 2009. This excerpt from Sonia’s memoir is included in Shlomit Kriger’s anthology, Marking Humanity, Stories, Poems, & Essays by Holocaust Survivors, available July 17, 2010.
- If
You Speak His Language --This piece was published in Tzum Punkt (Nov.-Dec. 1999, Vol. 1, No. 2) p. 5, the newsletter of Yiddish of Greater Washington.
- Thai
Silk -- This piece was first published in the Common Law Lawyer and then on the websites of whispersmagazine.com, iagora.com, and BankgokAtoZ.com
(September 2001).
- Florida
and Beyond -- This excerpt appeared on May 25, 2001, in
the Story Lady e-newsletter and on its website,
the Jewish Frontier, the Jewish Internet magazine, the Jewish Magazine online, the e-zine, Home-Based Working Moms, and the Writer Online.
Terry Boothman, the editor of the Writer Online,
had this to say about it in the January 14, 2003, issue that
carried the story:
Everyone's
life is interesting, right? Sure. So, everyone should write
a memoir, right? Yeah, why not.. And everyone should publish
a memoir, right? Good Lord, no. Because not everyone knows
how to write a publishable memoir, which means a memoir
that lots of other people will enjoy reading. Sonia Pressman
Fuentes, one of the founders of the National Organization
for Women, published just such a memoir--"Eat First--You
Don't Know What They'll Give You, The Adventures of an Immigrant
Family and Their Feminist Daughter." Now, in How I
Got My Mink Stole, excerpted from that memoir, you can get
a glimpse of exactly how good memoirs are written.
- Weinberg's
Glasses - the story of what happened when Sonia's father found a pair of eyeglasses.
- Sex
Maniac -- the story of the Second Wave of the women's
movement and Fuentes' role in it.
- Harry
Golden and "the Coat" -- Sonia Fuentes sues
Harry Golden, published in Jewish Currents, June 16,
1997.
- How
I Got My Mink Stole -- a lengthy struggle with an
unexpected denouement.
- Eating
Out -- published in the April 11, 2001, issue of Writer's
Bloc Online, the e-newsletter of the National Writers
Union.
- Graduating
With My Class -- Fuentes' desire to graduate with her
high school class has a significant consequence. Published
originally in the Catskill/Hudson Jewish Star 6.2 (June 1996)
17.1 and then on Harry
Leichter's website.
- Mother and the Night School -- published in the December 2001, issue of Kolot, A World of Jewish Voices.
- Catskills Stories -- Some of Fuentes' stories about her experiences in the Catskill Mountains of New York State may be found at the Museum of Family History.
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Articles by Sonia Pressman Fuentes
- "Finding My Identity as a Feminist" - This article appeared in the online magazine, Identity, on September 21, 2011.
- "My Story" - This article appeared in HavaMag, Issue 4, August, 2011.
- To access the article:
- Click on the arrow to the right until it takes you to the Table of Contents on the left.
- Click on the first item in the Table of Contents, which is the article about Sonia, on page 10.
- When you come to the article, double click on each page to make the type readable.
- Breast Cancer and Ruptured/Leaking Breast Implants - The story of Fuentes' experience with breast cancer.
- "First Woman: Sonia Pressman Fuentes," appeared at the end of July 2011 in Ms. JD, an e-zine for women law students and lawyers.
- “Judging Our Future: Supreme Women Move Up,” about the increasing percent of women judges on the U.S. Supreme Court and other courts, went online in the Café section of On the Issues e-zine on December 21, 2010.
- "Advancing Rights: 1964 Marks the Beginning of a New Era" - This article was published in On The Issues Magazine, Café section, on August 25, 2010, in celebration of Women’s Equity Day, the 90th anniversary of suffrage, August 26, 2010.
- "Sonia Pressman Fuentes on Pregnancy Leave, Parental Care Leave, and the Law" - Sonia explains the law on leave and benefits in connection with pregnancy, delivery, and post-delivery on scitable.com, a website for women in science.
- "My Life After Divorce" - Sonia discusses her life after divorce for a “Divorce and Women’s Success” series.
- "A Negative Experience, A Positive Outcome" - The lucky day Fuentes was fired.
- "Fun With Yiddish" - Sonia starts a Yiddish club in Sarasota, FL.
- "A
Seder in Shanghai" - Fuentes
participates in a seder in a most unlikely city, Shanghai, China.
This piece appeared previously in JoyZine and on Harry
Leichter's website.
- "Three-hour Tour Turns
Unforgettable" - This article, by Fuentes, recalling
the saga of her trip to the Thomas Edison and Henry Ford estates
in Ft. Myers, FL, appeared in The East County Observer,
a newspaper in East Manatee and Sarasota Counties, Florida,
January 16, 2003.
- "A
Visit to Piltz" - This article is about Fuentes' August 2001 journey to her parents' birthplace, a village called Piltz in Poland.
- "I
Lucky Everything: The Story of a Real `Miss Saigon'" - Along with a manicure, a reminder of how immigrants revitalize our nation.
- "Family Past Unfolds Like Detective Story" - Research Leads to Ship's Records, a Movie and Snapshots.
- "How
I Published My Memoir: A Lawyer-Feminist's Story" - This is the story of the six years Fuentes spent in researching, writing, publishing and marketing her memoir and making the transition from being a lawyer to a writer and public speaker. (Also see: "How
I Got Published in South Africa)
- "HUD Goes to the Moscow Trade Show" - This article was originally published in Sparks 28. March - April, 1999.
- "House
of History" - A history of the Sewall-Belmont House, one
of the oldest houses on Capitol Hill, is the story of the current
headquarters of the National Woman's Party.
- "Three
Legendary Feminists" - This article is about Fuentes' most memorable encounters with Alice
Paul, the Rev. Dr. Pauli Murray, and Catherine East.
- "My Fortuitous Escape from the Holocaust and My Life Thereafter" - This article is published on a Web site called "Women and the Holocaust."
- "How I Built a Life in Retirement" - Sonia had a difficult time adjusting to retirement, and then she entered the best years of her life.
- "Magnolias" - A Washington, DC, love story.
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Sonia’s mother, early 1900s
Germany, circa 1930
Berlin, circa 1930
Germany, circa 1930
In Toy Car, circa 1930
Germany, circa 1930
Germany, 1931
Berlin Shop, 1931
Germany, 1932
Belgium, 1933-34
Belgium, 1933-34
Belgium, 1934
Cornell, 1950
University of Miami, 1956
Washington, DC, 1966
Washington, DC, 1968
Washington, DC, 1993
Coral Gables, 1990s
Sarasota, 1990s
Plainfield, 1998
Women's Hall of Fame
At the Capitol, 2000
Meadows Players, 2001
Piltz Library, 2001
Piltz, Poland, 2001
Sarasota, March 2002
Sarasota, April 2002
Lewin Studio, 2003
Alice Award, 2003
Book Signing, 2003
Teaching English, 2003
Book Bag Replica, 2004
AILF Awards, 2005
Foremothers Awards, 2005
IAYC Conference, 2005
Alice Paul Award, 2005
National Woman's Party, 2006
Potomac, MD, 2006
Bozeman, MT, 2007
CLEA Course, 2007
Cornell University, 2008
Montreal, Canada, 2008
Cornell University, 2009
Close shot at Cornell, 2009
Sarasota, FL, 2009
Sarasota, FL, 2009
Sarasota, FL, 2009
Rockville, MD, 2009
Sarasota, FL, 2009
Sarasota, FL, 2009
Oxford, London, Wales, 2009
Sarasota, FL, Feb. 2010
Bradenton, FL, Feb 2010
Siesta Key, FL, Feb 2010
Sarasota, FL, Feb 2010
Bradenton, FL, Mar 2010
Sarasota, FL, Mar. 2010
Birthday, May 2010
Chautauqua, NY, 2010
Sarasota, FL, July 2010
Bat Mitzvah, March, 2011
Washington, DC, March 2011
Sarasota, FL, March, 2011
Sarasota, FL, April, 2011
Washington, DC, Mar 2011
Tampa, FL, Jun 2011
Sarasota, FL, July 2011
Chautauqua, NY, July 2011
Chautauqua, NY, July 2011
Sarasota, FL, August 2011
Berlin, Germany, Sept 2011
Germany, Belgium, Sept 2011
Antwerp, Belgium, Sept 2011
Antwerp, Sept. 11-13,2011
Sarasota, FL, Nov 2011
Sarasota, FL, Nov 2011
Sarasota, FL, Dec 2011
Sarasota, FL, Dec 2011
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