Esther (or Ester) Antin Untermeyer (died January 1983) was the first woman to be a judge in
Lucas County, Ohio
Lucas County is a Counties of the United States, county located in the Northwest Ohio, northwestern part of the U.S. state of Ohio. It is bordered to the east by Lake Erie, and to the southeast by the Maumee River, which runs to the lake. As o ...
in 1925 when she took the position of Toledo Municipal Court judge.
Israeli Prime Minister
Menachem Begin
Menachem Begin ( ''Menaḥem Begin'', ; (Polish documents, 1931–1937); ; 16 August 1913 – 9 March 1992) was an Israeli politician, founder of both Herut and Likud and the prime minister of Israel.
Before the creation of the state of Isra ...
awarded Untermeyer the
Jabotinsky Medal in 1980 for distinguished service to Israel and the Jewish people.
Family life
Esther Antin married poet
Louis Untermeyer
Louis Untermeyer (October 1, 1885 – December 18, 1977) was an American poet, anthologist, critic, and editor. He was appointed the fourteenth Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 1961.
Life and career
Untermeyer was born in New Yo ...
in 1933 after they meet in Toledo at a lecture.
The couple resided at Stony Water, a working farm.
Louis became unhappy with the marriage and obtained a Mexican divorce in 1948.
Legal career
Untermeyer was the first woman to be a judge in
Lucas County, Ohio
Lucas County is a Counties of the United States, county located in the Northwest Ohio, northwestern part of the U.S. state of Ohio. It is bordered to the east by Lake Erie, and to the southeast by the Maumee River, which runs to the lake. As o ...
in 1925 when she took the position of Toledo Municipal Court judge.
Untermeyer left the position of judge in 1933.
Advocacy
Untermeyer was a founder of the American League for Free Palestine and served as the organization's treasurer during the 1940s.
And was on the executive board of the Herut Zionists of America.
Recognition
Israeli Prime Minister
Menachem Begin
Menachem Begin ( ''Menaḥem Begin'', ; (Polish documents, 1931–1937); ; 16 August 1913 – 9 March 1992) was an Israeli politician, founder of both Herut and Likud and the prime minister of Israel.
Before the creation of the state of Isra ...
awarded Untermeyer the
Jabotinsky Medal in 1980 for distinguished service to Israel and the Jewish people.
Death
Untermeyer died in January 1983 in Manhattan, New York.
References
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1983 deaths
Municipal judges in the United States
20th-century American judges
20th-century American women judges