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Ballots, Babies, and Banners of Peace' explores the social and political activism of American Jewish women from approximately 1890 to the beginnings of World War II. The book demonstrates that no history of the birth control, suffrage, or peace movements in the United States is complete without analyzing the impact of Jewish women's presence. The volume is based on years of extensive primary source research in more than a dozen archives and among hundreds of primary sources, many of which have previously never been seen. Voluminous personal papers and institutional records paint a vivid picture of a world in which both middle-class and working-class American Jewish women were consistently and publicly engaged in all the major issues of their day and worked closely with their non-Jewish counterparts on behalf of activist causes.0. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)305.48Social sciences Social Sciences; Sociology and anthropology Groups of people Women Women by social groupLC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde: Geen beoordelingen.Ben jij dit?Word een LibraryThing Auteur. |
American Jewish women have a long history of involvement both as advocates and activists on behalf of these basic rights. Here in Fort Wayne, Jewish women have been at the forefront of advancing equal rights and opportunities for women and the larger community. At the turn of the 20th century, Minnette Baum brought all forms of social services to our community and to Israel, mirroring the energy and expertise of Jane Addams’s Chicago Hull House. In 2011 and 2012, women from Congregation Achduth Vesholom joined with the Unitarian Universalist Congregation to host a series of community discussions focusing on immigration, worker’s rights, same sex marriage and public education.
Ballots, Babies, and Banners of Peace tells the exciting and complex history of American Jewish women who wanted to be both good Jews, good women, and good citizens. They were on the front lines of all the feminist movements during the first decades of the twentieth century. They embraced social and political activism. They spoke out as Jews and as feminists. Until Melissa Klapper’s book was published their voices have never been accurately and fully recorded.
Klapper states: “Jewish women in the United States and Europe achieved recognition during their own time as major players in the suffrage and especially in the birth control and peace movements, yet standard accounts of women’s activism barely mention them”.
I heartily and proudly recommend this account of our Jewish feminist history.
- Harriet