Jewish women pioneering the frontier trail [electronic resource] : a history in the American West / Jeanne E. Abrams.
2006
HQ1172 .A27 2006eb
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Jewish women pioneering the frontier trail [electronic resource] : a history in the American West / Jeanne E. Abrams.
Author
Abrams, Jeanne E., 1951-
ISBN
081470719X (cloth : alk. paper)
9780814707197 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780814707197
9780814707197 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780814707197
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New York : New York University Press, c2006.
Language
English
Description
viii, 279 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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HQ1172 .A27 2006eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
305.48/8924078
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-258) and index.
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Table of Contents
Introduction : a view from the West
From the Old Country to the New Land : "going west"
Building a foundation
From generation to generation
Religious lives of Jewish women in the West
From "women's work" to working women
Scaling the ivy walls and into the professions
Entering the political world
Conclusion : opening new doors.
From the Old Country to the New Land : "going west"
Building a foundation
From generation to generation
Religious lives of Jewish women in the West
From "women's work" to working women
Scaling the ivy walls and into the professions
Entering the political world
Conclusion : opening new doors.