Henry Moskowitz (activist)

Henry Moskowitz (September 27, 1880 – December 18, 1936) was a

In 1914, he married Belle Lindner Israels (1877–1933). In 1914, New York City mayor John Purroy Mitchel appointed him president of the Municipal Civil Service Commission. In 1917, he served as the Commissioner of Public Markets in New York City. He was the founding Executive Director of the League of New York Theatres, which eventually became The Broadway League, the organization known for producing the Tony Awards.^[2] He was also an active leader in Theodore Roosevelt's Progressive Party.^[3]

He died on December 18, 1936, in

• 1880 Born in Huși, Romania
• 1883 Migrated from Romania to the United States
• 1898 Co-founds the
  settlement house
• 1899 Graduates from City College of New York
• 1906 Earned his
  University of Erlangen
  in Germany
• 1909 Co-founds
  National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
  on February 12, 1909
• 1909 Associate leader of the Society for Ethical Culture of New York
• 1911 Investigates the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire
• 1912 Runs for Congress from the 12th District as a
  Progressive Party
• 1912 Rejects censorship in movies
• 1914 Appointed president of the Municipal Civil Service Commission
• 1914 Married Belle Lindner Israels (1877–1933)
• 1917 Commissioner of Public Markets for New York City
• 1925 Trip to Europe to observe the plight of
  Jews in Poland
• 1932 Director of the
  League of New York Theatres
• 1933 Death of wife on January 2, 1933
• 1933 Trip to Europe to observe the plight of
  Jews in Germany
• 1936 Death in Manhattan on December 18, 1936

See also

• African-American – Jewish relations

References

Further reading

• Elisabeth Israels Perry, Belle Moskowitz: Feminine Politics and the Exercise of Power in the Age of Alfred E. Smith. New York: Oxford University Press, 1987; Routledge, 1992; Northeastern, 2000.