America's Jewish women : a history from colonial times to today

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Label

America's Jewish women : a history from colonial times to today

Title remainder

a history from colonial times to today

Statement of responsibility

Pamela Nadell

Creator

• Nadell, Pamela Susan

Contributor

• hoopla digital
• Toren, Suzanne

Author

• Nadell, Pamela Susan

Narrator

• Toren, Suzanne

Subject

• Jewish women -- United States -- Political activity
• Feminism -- Religious aspects | Judaism
• Jewish women -- United States -- History

Language

eng

Summary

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 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 forefront of causes for centuries, fighting for suffrage, trade unions, civil rights, and feminism, and hoisting banners for Jewish rights around the world. Informed by shared values of America's founding and Jewish identity, these women's lives have left deep footprints in the history of the nation they call home

Accompanying matter

technical information on music

Cataloging source

Midwest

Dewey number

305.48/8924073

Form of composition

not applicable

Format of music

not applicable

Literary text for sound recordings

other

PerformerNote

Read by Suzanne Toren

Target audience

adult

Transposition and arrangement

not applicable