| Description |
xi, 269 p. : ill. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Some of us were there before Betty : Jewish women and political activism in postwar Miami / Raymond A. Mohl -- The polishness of Lucy S. Dawidowicz's postwar Jewish Cold War / Nancy Sinkoff -- Our defense against despair : the progressive politics of the national council of Jewish women after World War II / Kathleen A. Laughlin -- It's good Americanism to join Hadassah : selling Hadassah in the postwar era / Rebecca Boim Wolf -- A lady sometimes blows the shofar : women's religious equality in the postwar reconstructionist movement / Deborah Waxman -- Beyond the myths of mobility and altruism : Jewish immigrant professionals and Jewish social welfare agencies in New York City, 1948-1954 / Rebecca Kobrin -- Negotiating new terrain : Egyptian women at home in America / Audrey Nasar -- The bad girls of Jewish comedy : gender, class, assimilation, and whiteness in postwar America / Giovanna P. Del Negro -- Judy Holliday's urban working girl characters in 1950s Hollywood film / Judith Smith -- The "gentle Jewish mother" who owned a luxury resort : the public image of Jennie Grossinger, 1954-1972 / Rachel Kranson -- Reading Marjorie Morningstar in the age of the feminine mystique and after / Barbara Sicherman -- We were ready to turn the world upside down : radical feminism and Jewish women / Joyce Antler -- Jewish women remaking American feminism : women remaking American Judaism : reflections on the life of Betty Friedan / Daniel Horowitz. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Subject |
Jewish women -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Jewish women -- United States -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
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Jewish women -- United States -- Intellectual life -- 20th century.
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Feminism -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Diner, Hasia R.
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Kohn, Shira M.
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Kranson, Rachel.
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ProQuest (Firm)
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| ISBN |
9780813547916 (hardcover alk. paper) |
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0813547911 (hardcover alk. paper) |
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9780813547923 (pbk. alk. paper) |
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081354792X (pbk. alk. paper) |
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9780813550305 (electronic bk.) |
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