America's Jewish Women: A History from Colonial Times to Today
What does it mean to be a Jewish woman in America? In a gripping historical narrative, Pamela S. 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 f…
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- ISBN: 978-0-393-35830-8
- EAN: 9780393358308
- Produktnummer: 32791070
- Verlag: W W Norton & Co
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
- Seitenangabe: 352 S.
- Masse: H20.8 cm x B14.1 cm x D2.5 cm 282 g
- Gewicht: 282
Über den Autor
Pamela S. Nadell is the Patrick Clendenen Chair in Women'sand Gender History and director of Jewish studies at AmericanUniversity. Her books include Women Who Would Be Rabbis,a National Jewish Book Award finalist. She lives in NorthBethesda, Maryland.
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