Elinor Steiner Gimbel (August 5, 1896 – March 3, 1983) was an American progressive leader and women's rights activist.
[1] In the 1930s, Gimbel was motivated by the Great Depression and Franklin Delano Roosevelt's New Deal to become politically active.
[1] In 1940, Gimbel established the Non-Partisan Committee to support Roosevelt's third term in office.
[1] After the death of her second husband during World War II, she founded the Committee for the Care of Children in Wartime which focused on the lack of government support provided to working mothers.
"[1] Although Jewish, she did not tie her progressive activism with Zionism and hosted lavish Christmas parties at her home in New York City before, during, and after World War II .