User:Asarelah/sandbox/Jean Birkenstein Washington

Jean Birkenstein Washington (d. 2003, age 77) was a Chicago civil rights activist, and mother of Robin Washington. She was also a teacher, artist, and published poet. She was white and Jewish. She worked closely with the Committee for Racial Equality (CORE) and did outreach to teen gang members as a teacher.

Her paintings were displayed in Duluth in 2005.