in June 2010, followed by a similar proclamation in Philadelphia a year later. Israel's political leaders honoured her for the first time in October 2010. A dedicated website was launched in 2011. She now has a Facebook page. The Turkish government sponsored a Dona Gracia evening in New York City and has also sponsored an exhibit in Lisbon. There have been lectures, articles and festivals in her honour all over Europe. The growing numbers of women in business and the professions who attend the programs identify with her ambition, courage and even personal loneliness. An Italian white wine has been named after her. The Israeli Government Coins and Medals Corporation has produced a commemorative medal. She now has a museum in Tiberias devoted to her life and deeds. She is idolized by the descendants of conversos she saved, now living in southern Italy, Central and South America and the United States. In the TV series Muhteşem Yüzyıl, Gracia Mendes Nasi is portrayed by Turkish actress Dolunay Soysert. See also Esther Handali Esperanza Malchi Rüstem Pasha Nurbanu Sultan Citations References jwa.org Andrée Aelion Brooks, The Woman who Defied Kings Paragon House, 2002 Marianna D. Birnbaum, 2003: The long journey of Gracia Mendes "Nasi, Gracia", in The Encyclopaedia Judaica Gad Nassi, Rebecca Toueg, Doña Gracia Nasi, Women's International Zionist Organisation, Tel Aviv, 1990 Cecil Roth, Dona Gracia of the House of Nasi, The Jewish Publication Society of America, Philadelphia, 1948 Novel - The Ghost of Hannah Mendes St. Martin's Griffin (November 16, 2001) Di Leone Leoni A. The Hebrew Portuguese Nations in Antwerp and London at the Time of Charles V and Henry VIII, New Jersey. Solomon H. P. and Leone Leoni A. "Mendes, Benveniste, De Luna, Micas, Nasci: The State of the Art (1522-1558)". The Jewish Quarterly Review 88, 3–4, 1998, pp. 135–211. Related books Stadtler, Bea. "The story of Dona Gracia Mendes." 1969. Birnbaum, Marianna. "The Long Journey of Gracia Mendes." 2001. Brooks, Andree "Woman Who Defied Kings: The Life and Times of Dona Gracia Nasi." 2010 Maynes, Mary Jo., and Ann Beth. Waltner. "Chapter 5 Families in Global Markets." The Family: A World History. Oxford: Oxford UP, 2012. 65–67. Print. External links Dona Gracia Project Out of Spain educational materials Biography at Jewish Heritage Online Magazine House of Dona Gracia museum, Tiberias Lecture on Dona Gracia Nasi by Henry Abramson 1510 births 1569 deaths Ottoman culture Politics of the