MENCKEN, Alice Davis.

ON THE SIDE OF MERCY:; Problems in Social Readjustment. Introduction by Herbert E. Lehman, Governor of New York.

NY: Covici Friede, 1933. First edn. 8vo, pp. 224. A fine copy in little worn dj. Inscribed by the author. Item #19166

For 10 years a member of the Board of Visitors for the New York State Reformatory, Mrs. Menken coordinated her activites with different state and city agencies to deal with the problems of the courts and correctional institutions. A Spanish Sephardic Jew, Mrs. Menken began her work by organizing class for religious instruction in the settlements of the lower east side of Manhatten and conducting relief work of the Sisterhood of the Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue.

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