Anna Ingerman

Anna Ingerman (; May 27, 1868 – May 19, 1931) was a Russian-born Jewish-American physician and prominent socialist. She was a founding member of the Socialist Party of America and ran for office in New York City as a Socialist Party candidate several times, but was never elected.

Early life and education Ingerman was born on May 27, 1868 in Vyetka, Mogilev Governorate, Russian Empire (now in Belarus), near the city of Gomel. She graduated from the University of Bern in 1893.

Ingerman met Sergius Ingerman, a fellow medical student and socialist, while living in Bern. They married in May 1889 and had a daughter, Dr. Eugenia Ingerman Low.

Career Ingerman immigrated to America shortly after her husband Sergius, who immigrated in 1891. The couple settled in New York City. She was a member of the Socialist Labor Party, the Social Democratic Party of America in the late 1890s, the Socialist Party since its inception, and Russian Social-Democracy organizations in New York. She was a lecturer and teacher for numerous Russian, German, Jewish, and American study circles, women's clubs, and workingmen's societies connected to the socialist movement. In the 1927 New York City aldermanic election, she was the Socialist candidate for the New York City Board of Aldermen in Manhattan's 9th District, losing to Democrat Dennis J. Mahon. In 1928, she ran for the New York State Assembly as a Socialist in New York County's 15th District. She lost to Republican Abbot Low Moffat. In 1929, she ran for the Assembly again as a Socialist in New York County's 9th District, losing to Democrat Ira H. Holley.

Death Ingerman died in the Polyclinic Hospital following a severe surgery on May 19, 1931. Around 2,000 people attended her funeral in the Jewish daily Forward building, including Algernon Lee, Abraham Cahan, and Morris Hillquit Lee presided over the funeral. She was cremated at Fresh Pond Crematory.