Course Description

Instructor: Jill Parks

Join us for this presentation, part of our two-part presentations celebrating Woman’s History month.

Offered hyflex.  Those attending in person, will also enjoy Tea or Coffee and Breakfast pastries. 

There are many little-known women who rescued Jews, risking their lives, during the Holocaust. Some acted alone and others in cooperation with other family members and colleagues. Some of these courageous women were the initiators of the rescue and acted independently to save Jews. This class will present three of these women.

Miep Gies - She risked her life hiding the Frank Family.

Mary Jayne Gold - A Socialite who helped Jews escape from Marseille.

Irena Sendler - A Polish Catholic woman who saved countless Jewish children.

Instructor Bio:

Jill Fein Parks was born and raised in San Francisco, California. She holds a BA degree in Sociology from the University of California, Berkeley and did graduate work in education at the University of Arizona and Arizona State University. She taught in the public schools for several years in Rhode Island, Arizona, and Florida. She left teaching to become the first female switchman for the Southern Pacific Railroad in Salt Lake City in the early 1990's.