Jewish Women Pioneering the Frontier Trail : A History in the American West /
The image of the West looms large in the American imagination. Yet the history of American Jewry and particularly of American Jewish women-has been heavily weighted toward the East. Jewish Women Pioneering the Frontier Trail rectifies this omission as the first full book to trace the history and con...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York, NY :
New York University Press,
[2006]
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1. From the Old Country to the New Land
- 2. Building a Foundation
- 3. From Generation to Generation
- 4. Religious Lives of Jewish Women in the West
- 5. From "Women's Work" to Working Women
- 6. Scaling the Ivy Walls and into the Professions
- 7. Entering the Political World
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Author