Girls of Liberty : The Struggle for Suffrage in Mandatory Palestine /

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Following the Balfour Declaration and the British conquest of Palestine (1917-1918), the small Jewish community that lived there wanted to establish an elected assembly as its representative body. The issue that hindered this aim was whether women would be part of it. A group of feminist Zionist wom...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Shilo, Margalit (Autor)
Otros Autores: Joffe, Lisa Fishbayn (writer of foreword.), Watzman, Haim (Traductor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Waltham, Massachusetts : Brandeis University Press, [2016]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Suffragists.
Politics and government.
Jewish women > Political activity.
HISTORY > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > General.
Suffragists > Palestine > History > 1917-1948.
Jewish women > Political activity > Palestine > History > 1917-1948.
Jewish women > Legal status, laws, etc. > Palestine > History > 1917-1948.
Jewish women > Suffrage > Palestine > History > 1917-1948.
Middle East > Palestine.
Palestine > Politique et gouvernement > 1917-1948.
Palestine > Politics and government > 1917-1948.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Feminism and its Zionist and Hebrew roots
  • The women's struggle begins: local organization
  • The national campaign commences
  • From associations to political party: the union of Hebrew women for equal rights
  • One step forward, two steps back
  • The union comes of age
  • Five years of struggle and a victory
  • Victory and defeat.

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