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1959 Letter Signed by Caroline K Simon NY Secretary of State to Rabbi Leo Jung :
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Caroline K. Simon Signed Letter 1959 to Rabbi Leo Jung • NY Secretary of State
Date: 1959
From: Caroline K. Simon (1900 – 1993), Secretary of State of New York
To: Rabbi Leo Jung (1892 – 1987), New York City
Language: English
Length: 1 typed page with original ink signature
Condition: Very good – light age toning, strong signature, well preserved.
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✉️ Description
An authentic 1959 signed letter from Caroline K. Simon, the trailblazing Secretary of State of New York, addressed to the distinguished Rabbi Dr. Leo Jung is one of the most influential Orthodox rabbinic figures in America.
Written on official letterhead and signed in ink by Mrs. Simon, the letter reflects her engagement with Jewish civic and ethical causes during her public career.
As the second woman to serve as New York’s Secretary of State (1959 – 1963), Simon was a nationally recognized advocate for civil rights, equality, and anti-discrimination legislation.
Her correspondence with Rabbi Jung—then rabbi of The Jewish Center of Manhattan and one of the foremost leaders of American Orthodoxy—illustrates the close interaction between faith and public servicemid-20th-century New York.
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🕍 About the Correspondents
Caroline K. Simon (1900 – 1993) – Jewish-American lawyer, reformer, and New York State Secretary of State (1959 – 1963). Instrumental in advancing civil-rights laws and women’s representation in government.
Rabbi Leo Jung (1892 – 1987) – German-born rabbi, scholar, and pioneer of Modern Orthodox Judaism in America; longtime spiritual leader of The Jewish Center, NYC; co-founder of Yeshiva University’s Jewish Studies program.
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📚 Collector Significance
Authentic 1959 autograph from a historic Jewish woman in U.S. politics
Direct connection with Rabbi Leo Jung, a pillar of American Orthodoxy
Rich cross-category appeal – Judaica • American History • Women in Government • Civil Rights
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🔑 Keywords / מילות מפתח
English: Caroline K. Simon 1959 letter, Rabbi Leo Jung correspondence, New York Secretary of State, Jewish Women in Politics, Civil Rights History, Judaica Autograph, American Jewish Heritage, Modern Orthodox Judaism, Jewish Center NYC.
Hebrew: ק 1959 מכתב חתום, רב ליאו יונג ניו יורק, נשים מכתב נדיר חתימה מכתב dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0;\">---
Caroline Klein Simon (November 12, 1900, New York City – July 29, 1993, Manhattan, New York City) was an American lawyer and politician. Life She graduated from New York University Law School in 1925. District Attorney Thomas E. Dewey of Manhattan named her to a panel on revising the Domestic Relations Court Act. During World War II, she served as the Office of Civilian Defense, director of group activities in New York, New Jersey, and Delaware. Dewey,now Governor, appointed her to the New York State Workers\' Compensation Board in 1944 and the temporary State War Council\'s Committee on Discrimination in Employment min 1943, serving in both posts until 1945. After the war, she helped draft the nation\'s first state law on job bias based on race and religion or nationality and became a founding member of the resulting New York State Commission Against Discrimination. In 1956, Governor W. Averell Harriman,a Democrat,appointed her to the new New York State Youth Commission. The next year, she ran for New York City Council President as a Republican, but she lost to Abe Stark. In 1958, she served as the legal advisor to the American delegation to the UnitedNations Human Rights Commission. In 1959 Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller appointed her Secretary of State of New York, the second woman, to hold that post after Florence E. S. Knapp.During her tenure, she issued the nation\'s first regulations against \"blockbusting,\" in which brokers manipulated property owners\' fears about racial or ethnic changes in the neighborhood to provoke sales. In 1963, she was appointed a judge of the New York Court of Claims. Family Shemarried Leopold K. Simon, a lawyer. Their children were Lee K. Simon and CathySimon Prince. They divorced in the early 1950s. She then married Irving W.Halpern (d. 1966), who was chief probation officer of the New York City Court of General Sessions.