Americas Jewish Women, Pamela Nadell
Americas Jewish Women, Pamela Nadell
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America's Jewish Women
A History from Colonial Times to Today

Author: Pamela Nadell

Narrator: Suzanne Toren

Unabridged: 11 hr 32 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/02/2019

Categories: Nonfiction, History, Women


Synopsis

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.


About Pamela Nadell

Pamela S. Nadell is the Patrick Clendenen Chair in Women's and Gender History and director of Jewish studies at American University. Her books include Women Who Would Be Rabbis, a National Jewish Book Award finalist. She lives in North Bethesda, Maryland.


Reviews

As an American Jewish Woman myself, I was thrilled to receive an ARC of this book via a goodreads giveaway. An informative, well-researched, well written book. A worthwhile read for anyone interested in American history, and/or women's rights, and/or Jewish history. Absolutely essential for those int......more

Goodreads review by Miri

book was going well until the last chapter that i had to read (this book was a required reading for a class). the author apparently was able to praise zionism and its defenders for tens of pages but couldn't find a single page to write about jewish anti-zionist activism?? also, in discussing modern......more