America's Jewish Women: A History from Colonial Times to Today
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, 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…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-393-65124-9
- EAN: 9780393651249
- Produktnummer: 34249185
- Verlag: W. W. Norton & Company
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
- Seitenangabe: 336 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 15'101 KB
- Abbildungen: 20 black and white illustrations
Über den Autor
Pamela S. Nadell is the Patrick Clendenen Chair in Women's and Gender History and director of Jewish studies at American University. Her books include America's Jewish Women and Women Who Would Be Rabbis, a National Jewish Book Award finalist. She lives in North Bethesda, Maryland.
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