She was among the early waves of women who trained in the previously male-dominated profession of "stenography" (secretary) and helped support her family.Ī lifelong women's rights activist, Rachel worked for prominent Western suffragist Clara Bewick Colby, probably helping with the Woman's Tribune and serving as a delegate from Nebraska to the 1893 National American Woman's Suffrage Association (NAWSA) convention. She was born in Charleston, South Carolina and raised in Richmond, Virginia her father died when she was 13. Rachel Brill Ezekiel (1870-1965) was one of nine children born to Rebecca Tumim Brill and orthodox rabbi Mordecai Joseph Brill, immigrants to the U.S.
Biographical Database of NAWSA Suffragists, 1890 - 1920īiography of Rachel Brill Ezekiel, 1870 - 1965īy Judith Ezekiel, Women's Studies, Wright State University
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