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Throughout the twentieth century, American Jewish women have made history, challenging the political and cultural constraints facing women in every aspect of American life. From suffrage to birth control, from trade unionism to civil rights and feminism, from education to literature and the arts, Jewish women have been in the vanguard, leading key social movements and shaping cultural consciousness.
Interweaving social history with lively biographical portraits, Joyce Antler profiles women ranging from Emma Goldman, Sophie Tucker, and Golda Meir to Bella Abzug, Gertrude Stein, and Wendy Wasserstein, examining the political conflicts and personal tensions that have animated their lives as they made their mark on American society. Meticulously researched and fascinating to read, The Journey Home is a valuable resource that will inspire all women.
| Owner | Women |
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| Added Date | Jan 05, 2016 18:05:58 |
| Modified Date | Jul 18, 2022 19:23:39 |
| Retail Price | $ 26.00 |
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| Value | $ 26.00 |
Amazon.com Review
Jewish identity is proved by motherhood, and it's a fairly well-founded stereotype that women are the most powerful people in American Jewish families. (Think of Rhoda's mother or Woody Allen's Mother-in-the-Sky.) Yet many Jewish communities still view women as second-class citizens, which exacerbates the social alienation that immigration and assimilation have wrought on many American Jewish women. The Journey Home: How Jewish Women Shaped Modern America is Joyce Antler's attempt to find common ground among American Jewish women in the 20th century. The book interweaves social history, including Antler's memories of her own mother and grandmother, with the stories of Jewish women who have been influential in the vanguard of social and cultural movements such as suffrage, civil rights, birth control, trade unionism, and feminism. Bella Abzug, Edna Ferber, Gertrude Stein, Betty Friedan, and Barbra Streisand are among the leading characters in Antler's narrative, which is an impressive monument to Jewish women's achievements so far--and will be an indispensable comfort and guide to Jewish women in the future. --Michael Joseph Gross
This book reads in a very interesting way. The idea of telling the history of American Jewish women by writing a series of biographical sketches works very well. For me a great part of the pleasure of the work was in reading the stories of people like Emma Lazarus, and Mary Antin whose work I had known in some way but did not know the real stories of. One strong element in this work is the relating of the hardships many strong creative Jewish- American women suffered as women. The work tells exemplary tales about pioneering women who opened up new areas for women, while suffering because of this in their own personal lives. One is given in this work a sense of how truly remarkable many of these women were.
I enjoyed reading the book and recommend it highly.
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