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Sarah Lavanburg Straus (née Lavanburg; 1861 – November 9, 1945) was an American philanthropist and wife of diplomat Oscar Straus.
Sarah Lavanburg Straus was a philanthropist in New York in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. After accompanying her husband Oscar Straus on a diplomatic mission to Turkey in 1889, she turned her efforts toward supporting young working women in New York City.
2 days ago · Sarah Lavanburg Straus With the support of philanthropist Baroness Clara de Hirsch, Sarah Lavanburg Straus helped to establish two homes for immigrant girls in New York City early in the twentieth century.
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Lazarus Straus, son of Isaac and Johanette Straus, was born in Otterberg Germany in 1809. He was the oldest of fourteen. In 1838 he married a cousin, Davora (Fannie) Levi. The couple had one daughter, Karoline. Fanny died in 1843 and Lazarus married his first cousin Sara the following year.
Sarah Lavanburg Straus (1861-1945), widow of Oscar S. Straus, went to Africa in 1929 at the age of 68 on a group bird collection expedition for the American Museum of Natural History in New York City.
Sarah Lavanburg Straus was the Clara de Hirsch Home for Working Girls’ first president and continued in that position until her death in 1945.
