Sara Schenirer  (1883-1935) an ultra-orthodox educator and teacher, Yiddish authoress and playwright. Unable to accept the reality of girls' education at the time in Eastern Europe, with groundbreaking initiative  set up the network of  Beit Yaacov girls' schools and seminars for ultra orthodox education of girls.

A brave and revolutionary woman, ahead of her time, she provided the link for Eastern European Jewish girls with their Judaism through network of BY schools and seminars for ultra orthodox girls.