Mathilde Roth Schechter (1859-1924) - Founder of the National Women's League of
Conservative Judaism in 1918. She founded and taught at the Columbia Religious and Industrial School for Jewish Girls. After assisting Henrietta Szold in creating
Hadassah[?], Schechter later served as its national chairwoman of education.
External Link:
http://www.jtsa.edu/wlcj/Mathilde.htm
Also see: Conservative Judaism -- United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism