Lillie Shultz (1904 – April 14, 1981)
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, communal worker and activist against discrimination. Lillie (Lillian) Shultz (also spelled Schultz) served from 1933 to 1944, as chief administrative officer and director of publicity at the

. She was the only woman on the staff. She served on the governing council, was an editor of the ''Congress Bulletin''; an active member of a committee dealing with the 1936 Olympics. Schultz advocated against oppression and discrimination, and was instrumental in establishing a commission to investigate economic discrimination against Jews in the

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1933–1944. Shultz was a leading member of the

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in 1947 in the negotiations leading to the United Nations recommendation for the partition of Palestine and was a close colleague and co-worker with the

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delegation to the UN. She lobbied against

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. Shultz was born in 1904, in

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and graduated from the

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. After her graduation, and her first job as a journalist was with the ''Philadelphia Jewish World'', editing the English-language section. In an article entitled “Why I Was Jealous: A Sukkoth Memory,” she elaborated about her love of Jewish culture and recalled her grandfather's prayer and longing that have inspired her, her activism. Shultz was a staff member in the early 1930s of the

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, before working for the ''American Jewish Congress.'' From 1944 to 1955, she was also director of the '' Nation Associates'', publishers of ''Nation'' magazine, as well as a member of its editorial staff.

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