MD. on her 90th birthday. Throughout her life. Jewel has been a role model for the immigrant family and the modern woman. Jewel. the daughter of RussianJewish immigrants. was born on a small farm in a remote part of Vermont where her parents had settled and established a small dairy farm. She and her eight brothers and sisters attended a oneroom schoolhouse. where she was singled out as particularly bright and eager to learn. When the family moved south to Massachusetts. she attended a more modern school. and graduated from high school at age 15. After her graduation from North Adams Normal School. she applied for a job with the Federal Government. and found herself at 18 years old moving to postWorld War I Washington as a "yeomanette"-a clerk in the War Department. Jewel began the familys emigration to urban life. and soon sent for her brothers and sisters. After her marriage to Bernard Rosenberg. a French immigrant. she raised a family of two children while working. first for the Federal Government and later for the family business as the bookkeeper and a principal partner. It was during this postWorld War I period that Jewels business capability and unusual energy fully blossomed. She assisted her husband and other family members in building a successful business. assumed a position of leadership in an investment club of 15 women. and simultaneously helped a friend to establish a thriving business in interior decorating by serving as a business adviser and bookkeeper.
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