So complete was her immersion in New Orleans life that her husband Edgar gave her the pet name 'Yankee Creole'. Stern became a New Orleans resident shortly after the marriage, and she quickly embraced life in New Orleans, immersing herself in various civic activities in addition to managing family life. Stern was an established businessman in New Orleans. : 45–58 Personal life in New Orleans īy the time of Stern's 1921 marriage, husband Edgar B. These circumstances were so as to avoid the one year grace period after divorce that was required by the state of Illinois at the time. The couple was married on June 29, 1921, aboard an Illinois Central Railroad passenger car while the train was in Hammond, Indiana. This inn became the inspiration for two of her future homes in New Orleans, Louisiana. During their courtship, the couple visited Longue Vue, an old inn that overlooked the Hudson River. She was known as Edith Sulzberger during the time that they were married and until her second marriage. They separated a year later and divorced in May 1921. The couple made their home in New York City. Sulzberger, whom she met through a mutual friend. Subsequently, through coercion by her parents, Stern as a teenager attended a finishing school in Dresden, Germany, where she completed her education. Stern's early education was at the Chicago University Elementary School. : 34 The Rosenwald family and Washington frequently visited each other's homes, and Julius Rosenwald was a benefactor of Washington and the Tuskegee Institute. Washington, who was a prominent African-American. : 9–10 Through childhood, her family annually visited Tuskegee, Alabama, because her father had admiration for Tuskegee resident and scholar Booker T. Starting in early childhood, Stern's parents instilled in her a strong sense of charity, commitment to the social and economic well-being of society, and noblesse oblige. As a child, she was known to her family and close friends as Ede. She grew up with her family in the affluent Kenwood neighborhood of Chicago. Her family was wealthy, Julius Rosenwald being part-owner and president of the Sears, Roebuck and Company. Stern was born Edith Rosenwald in Chicago, Illinois, on May 31, 1895, as the third of five children of parents Julius Rosenwald and Augusta Nusbaum Rosenwald. : x Personal life Early life and education She was a patron of the arts including for the New Orleans Philharmonic Orchestra and for promising young artists, especially musicians. Additionally, as political causes, Stern stood for anti-corruption, political fairness at the voting polls, and higher education for African-Americans. Examples of her philanthropy included supporting voter registration of African-Americans in the American South, the anti-nuclear movement, public-interest law firms, organizing union and tenant groups, and initiation of challenges by shareholders who wanted corporations to become more socially responsible. She was instrumental in formation of the Stern Family Fund and was recognized as being willing to support causes for which she had conviction even if the causes were controversial at the time. Edith Rosenwald Stern (1895–1980) was an American philanthropist and champion of educational causes in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.

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