America's Jewish women : a history from colonial times to today
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Published
New York, N.Y. : W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., [2019].
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xiv, 321 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
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Oliver La Farge - Adult
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Published
New York, N.Y. : W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., [2019].
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
UPC
40028945401
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description
A groundbreaking history of how Jewish women maintained their identity and influenced social activism as they wrote themselves into American history.
Description
"Pamela S. Nadell has written a groundbreaking history of how Jewish women maintained their identity and influenced social activism as they wrote themselves into American history. What does it mean to be a Jewish woman in America? In a gripping historical narrative, Nadell weaves together the stories of a diverse group of extraordinary people--from the colonial-era matriarch Grace Nathan and her great-granddaughter, poet Emma Lazarus, to labor organizer Bessie Hillman and the great justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, to scores of other activists, workers, wives, and mothers who helped carve out a Jewish American identity. The twin threads binding these women together, she argues, are a strong sense of self and a resolute commitment to making the world a better place. Nadell recounts how Jewish women have been at the forefront of causes for centuries, fighting for suffrage, trade unions, civil rights, and feminism, and hoisting banners for Jewish rights around the world. Informed by shared values of America's founding and Jewish identity, these women's lives have left deep footprints in the history of the nation they call home."--Dust jacket.
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