Betty Halff-Epstein
Betty (also called Berthy or Baty) Halff-Epstein, née Epstein (born 3 January 1905 in Zürich, Zurich, died 31 May 1991 in Basel) was a Swiss Entrepreneurship, entrepreneur and pioneer of the Second-wave feminism, second wave of the women's movement. During the World War II, Second World War, she and her brother Max Epstein helped persecuted Jews to emigrate to the USA. From Basel, she also provided interned prisoners in the Gurs internment camp, Camp de Gurs (F) with food and utensils (see section on the Second World War). After the war she became involved with Women's International Zionist Organization, WIZO (see section WIZO). Life Betty Epstein grew up in a middle-class household in Zurich with her 14-month older brother Max and her nine-year younger sister Ruth. The family was Orthodox Judaism, Jewish Orthodox. After completing compulsory school in 1920, Epstein began an education at the commercial school in Zurich. In 1923 she spent a year in Versailles to learn French a ...
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