Rebecca Gratz : women and Judaism in antebellum America /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ashton, Dianne
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Detroit, MI : Wayne State University Press, ©1997.
Colección:American Jewish civilization series.
Temas:
Gratz, Rebecca, > 1781-1869.
Gratz, Rebecca, > 1781-1869
Gratz, Rebecca.
1800-1899
Jews > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > Biography.
Jewish women > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > Biography.
Jewish religious education of children > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > History > 19th century.
Juifs > Pennsylvanie > Philadelphie > Biographies.
Juives > Pennsylvanie > Philadelphie > Biographies.
Éducation religieuse juive des enfants > Pennsylvanie > Philadelphie > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Jewish religious education of children
Jewish women
Jews
Joden.
Vrouwen.
Philadelphia (Pa.) > Biography.
Pennsylvania > Philadelphia
Biography
Biographies
History
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Half-title
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • Dedication
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. The Gratz Family in Early Philadelphia
  • Philadelphia's Early Growth and Diversity
  • The Gratzes
  • Women's Responsibilities
  • The Bonding of the Generations
  • The Bonding of Correspondence
  • 2. A Personality Transformed: 1800-1815
  • Family, Friends, and Sickbeds
  • The Female Association
  • Culture and Anti-Semitism
  • Letters, Wills, and More Friends
  • Literary Circles and Friendships
  • Death, Depression, and Travels
  • Celibacy, Religion, Children, and Correspondence
  • 3. The Founding of the Female Hebrew Benevolent Society: 1817-1830
  • The Rise of Antebellum Evangelism
  • Brothers' Business
  • The Female Hebrew Benevolent Society
  • Female Piety and Literary Heroes
  • Charitable and Religious Obligations
  • 4. The Founding of the Hebrew Sunday School: 1830-1840
  • Religion and Social Order
  • Friendship vs. Love
  • Responding to Evangelism
  • Literature, Theater, and Moral Values
  • Personal Challenges from Christianity
  • Jewish Religious Education
  • Women's Mission
  • The Hebrew Sunday School
  • 5. The Lessons of the Hebrew Sunday School
  • Growth
  • Political and Religious Boundaries
  • Theological Sources and Perspectives
  • Ideas in Jewish Education: Aguilar and Leeser
  • Crossing Gender Roles through Piety
  • The Women
  • 6. Sentimental Language and Social Power: 1840-1860
  • Changes in Judaism and Jewish Life
  • Charitable Responsibilities
  • Jewish Women Writers
  • 7. Family Ties and Sectional Conflict: 1840-1850
  • Forging Family Connections
  • Southern Attitudes
  • Distant Bonds
  • 8. Women in New Jewish Institutions: 1850-1860
  • The Founding of the Jewish Foster Home
  • Other New Institutions
  • The Growth of the Jewish Foster Home
  • Financial Problems
  • Women's Nature and American Jewish Theology
  • Personal Tragedies
  • 9. Gratz's Last Years and Legacy
  • Guiding Family and Community during National Conflict
  • The Hebrew Sunday School: Growth after Gratz
  • The Jewish Foster Home: Later Growth
  • 10. The Legend of Rebecca Gratz
  • The Tale
  • American Society at the Turn of the Century
  • Gratz as a Model for Jewish Women
  • Legendary Logic
  • Echoes in American Culture
  • Notes
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Index

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