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This is a '''timeline of women [[hazzan]]s (also called cantors) worldwide.'''▼
* 1884: [[Julie Rosewald]], called “Cantor Soprano” by her congregation, became America’s first female cantor, serving San Francisco’s Temple Emanu-El from 1884 until 1893, although she was not ordained.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jwa.org/blog/Julie-Rosewald|title=Julie Rosewald: America's first woman cantor|publisher=|accessdate=6 October 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thejewishweek.com/news/short_takes/forgotten_woman_cantor_julie_rosewald_now_getting_her_due|title=The Forgotten Woman Cantor: Julie Rosewald Now Getting Her Due - The Jewish Week|work=The Jewish Week|accessdate=6 October 2014}}</ref> She was born in Germany.<ref>http://americanjewisharchives.org/publications/journal/PDF/2010_62_02_00_pinnolis.pdf</ref>▼
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* 1955: [[Betty Robbins]], born in Greece, became the first female cantor to serve in the twentieth century in America (although she was not ordained) when she was hired at Temple Avodah in Oceanside, New York.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/robbins-betty |title=Betty Robbins | Jewish Women's Archive |publisher=Jwa.org |date= |accessdate=2015-06-11}}</ref>
* Mid-1950s: [[Esther Ghan Firestone]] became the first female cantor in Canada, although she was not ordained.<ref>{{cite
* 1975: [[Barbara Ostfeld|Barbara Ostfeld-Horowitz]] became the first ordained female cantor
* 1978: [[Mindy Jacobsen]] became the first blind woman to be ordained as a cantor.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.accantors.org/acc/node/636 |title=Overcoming the Odds: Cantor Mindy F. Jacobsen | American Conference of Cantors |publisher=[[American Conference of Cantors]] |accessdate=2011-11-06 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120422000939/http://www.accantors.org/acc/node/636 |archivedate=2012-04-22 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.matildaziegler.com/category/feature-writer-romeo/page/4/|title=When do you Reveal?|author=Romeo Edmead|publisher=Matildaziegler.com;Matilda Ziegler Magazine for the Blind|date=April 5, 2010|accessdate=2011-11-06|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425143135/http://www.matildaziegler.com/category/feature-writer-romeo/page/4/|archivedate=April 25, 2012}}</ref><ref name="nycblink1">{{cite web|url=http://www.nycblink.com/article/accessible-technology-pioneer-spearheads-efforts-helping-blind-students |title=Brooklyn Ny - Accessible-Technology Pioneer Spearheads Efforts Helping Blind Students |publisher=Nycblink.com |date=2011-10-31 |accessdate=2011-11-06}}</ref>
* 1978: [[Linda Rich]] became the first female cantor to sing in a Conservative synagogue (specifically Temple Beth Zion in Los Angeles) in 1978, although she was not ordained until 1996 when she finally received her ordination of "Hazzan Minister" from the "Jewish Theological Seminary" in New York.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailynews.com/20080301/conservative-female-cantor-fits-in|title=Conservative Female Cantor Fits In|publisher=Los Angeles Daily News;http://www.dailynews.com|date=2008-02-29|accessdate=2012-07-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=
* 1987: [[Erica Lippitz]] and [[Marla Rosenfeld Barugel]] became the first female cantors in Conservative Judaism.<ref name="jwa.org">{{cite web|url=http://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/cantors-american-jewish-women |title=Cantors: American Jewish Women | Jewish Women's Archive |publisher=Jwa.org |date= |accessdate=2012-07-09}}</ref>
* 1982: [[Women Cantors Network]], an international outreach support group for female cantors, which works for the nationwide recognition and employment of qualified female cantors, was founded in 1982 by cantor [[Deborah Katchko-Zimmerman]], who was the granddaughter of a prominent cantor (Adolph Katchko), and who was trained privately by her father, also a cantor.<ref name=heskes>{{cite
* 1990: The [[Cantors Assembly]], an international professional organization of cantors associated with Conservative Judaism, began allowing women to join.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/09/19/nyregion/a-bar-to-women-as-cantors-is-lifted.html | work=The New York Times | first=Ari L. | last=Goldman | title=A Bar to Women as Cantors Is Lifted | date=September 19, 1990}}</ref>
* 1993: [[Leslie Friedlander]] became the first female cantor ordained by the Academy for Jewish Religion (New York).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pageturnpro.com/Publications/201207/1586/41477/pdf/129864956681988750_ChutzSummer2012.pdf |title=Hazzans Hit The High Notes:The Rise In Women Cantors |publisher=pageturnpro.com, Chutzpah magazine, Summer 2012, pg. 57 |accessdate=August 23, 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019124710/http://www.pageturnpro.com/Publications/201207/1586/41477/pdf/129864956681988750_ChutzSummer2012.pdf |archivedate=October 19, 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://ajrsem.org/2011/04/pre-ordination-benefit-concert-at-merkin-hall/|title=Pre-Ordination Benefit Concert at Merkin Hall on May 11|date=April 7, 2011|
* 1998: [[Rebecca Garfein]], born in Tallahassee, Florida, became the first female cantor to preside in a German synagogue.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rodephsholom.org/about/clergy/cantor-garfein/|title=Cantor Rebecca Garfein|
[[File:Cantor Angela Warnick Buchdahl (8575188810) (cropped).jpg|thumb|180px|Hazzan and rabbi [[Angela Warnick Buchdahl]]]]
* 1999: [[Angela Warnick Buchdahl]], born in South Korea, became the first [[Asian American|Asian-American]] person to be ordained as a cantor.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.auburnseminary.org/auburnnews/%E2%80%9Ctroublemaker%E2%80%9D-women-honored-receive-ivy-0 |title="Troublemaker" Women Honored, Receive Ivy | auburn |publisher=Auburnseminary.org |date=2009-08-22 |accessdate=2012-02-09 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725023419/http://www.auburnseminary.org/auburnnews/%E2%80%9Ctroublemaker%E2%80%9D-women-honored-receive-ivy-0 |archivedate=2011-07-25 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://jwa.org/thisweek/may/16/1999/angela-warnick-buchdahl/ |title=This Week in History - Angela Warnick Buchdahl invested as first Asian-American cantor | Jewish Women's Archive |publisher=Jwa.org |date=1999-05-16 |accessdate=2012-02-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ny1.com/content/top_stories/135589/women-s-history-month--unique-rabbi-cantor-follows-her-own-melody|title=Women's History Month: Unique Rabbi-Cantor Follows Her Own Melody|publisher=ny1.com|date=March 15, 2011|accessdate=August 11, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/wnet/finding-your-roots/profiles/angela-buchdahl/|title=Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates Jr.; Angela Warnick Buchdahl|
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* 2002: [[Sharon Hordes]] was ordained as [[Reconstructionist Judaism]]'s first cantor in 2002.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/cantors-american-jewish-women|title=Cantors: American Jewish Women|website=Jewish Women's Archive|date=23 June 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kenesethisrael.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29&Itemid=43 |title=Cantor Sharon Hordes |publisher=Kenesethisrael.com |accessdate=2012-07-09 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713142907/http://www.kenesethisrael.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29&Itemid=43 |archivedate=2011-07-13 }}</ref>
* 2002: [[Avitall Gerstetter]] became the first female cantor in Jewish Renewal and the first female cantor in Germany.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/crossing_continents/europe/1024928.stm |title=Programmes | Crossing Continents | Europe | Jewish Berlin rises again - with Russian help | * 2006: [[Susan Wehle]] became the first American female cantor in Jewish Renewal in 2006;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://levinejudaica.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=0_33_148_712&products_id=11396 |title=Cantorial/Hazzanut/Liturgical - CD Cantor Susan Wehle OB"M Songs of Healing & Hope | J. Levine Books & Judaica | |publisher=Levinejudaica.com |date=2005-07-26 |accessdate=2012-07-09}}</ref>
* 2007: [[Jalda Rebling]], born in Amsterdam, became the first openly lesbian cantor ordained by Jewish Renewal.<ref name="jta">{{cite web |last=Axelrod |first=Toby |url=http://www.jta.org/news/article/1999/11/30/14879/Newfemalecantorin |title=New Renewal cantor looks ahead | JTA - Jewish & Israel News |publisher=JTA |date=1999-11-30 |accessdate=2012-04-14 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.
* 2009: [[Tannoz Bahremand Foruzanfar]], who was born in Iran, became the first [[Persian people|Persian]] woman to be ordained as a cantor in America.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ajrca.org/alumni/cantor-tannoz-bahremand-forunzanfar/ |title=Cantor Tannoz Bahremand Forunzanfar; Academy for Jewish Religion, California |publisher=Ajrca.org |accessdate=August 10, 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130320041940/http://ajrca.org/alumni/cantor-tannoz-bahremand-forunzanfar/ |archivedate=March 20, 2013 }}</ref>
* 2013: [[Nancy Abramson]] became the first female president of the [[Cantors Assembly]], an international professional organization of cantors associated with Conservative Judaism.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cantors.org/message_from_our_president/|title=Message From Our President; Remarks by hazzan Nancy Abramson on her Installation as President of the Cantors Assembly May 22, 2013|publisher=cantors.org|accessdate=August 23, 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130711191545/http://www.cantors.org/message_from_our_president/|archivedate=July 11, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jtsa.edu/Academics/Faculty_Profiles/Cantor_Nancy_Abramson.xml?ID_NUM=11135|title=Cantor Nancy Abramson|publisher=jtsa.edu|accessdate=August 23, 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029190625/http://www.jtsa.edu/Academics/Faculty_Profiles/Cantor_Nancy_Abramson.xml?ID_NUM=11135|archivedate=October 29, 2013}}</ref>
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==References==
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{{Women in Judaism}}
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