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Author:

Shilo, Margalit, author. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr90028674

Title:

Girls of liberty : the struggle for suffrage in Mandatory Palestine / Margalit Shilo ; translated by Haim Watzman.

Publisher:

Brandeis University Press,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

xiii, 200 pages ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Jewish women--History--Palestine--History--20th century.
Jewish women--History--Palestine--History--20th century.
Jewish women--History--Palestine--History--20th century.
Suffragists--Palestine--History--20th century.
Palestine--Politics and government--1917-1948.

Other Authors:

Watzman, Haim, translator. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2001043463
Joffe, Lisa Fishbayn, writer of foreword. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2012019169

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-196) and index.

Contents:

Feminism and its Zionist and Hebrew roots -- The women's struggle begins: local organization -- The national campaign commences -- From associations to political party: the union of Hebrew women for equal rights -- One step forward, two steps back -- The union comes of age -- Five years of struggle and a victory -- Victory and defeat.

Summary:

"Presents the story of the struggle for women's right to vote in Mandatory Palestine. Includes portraits of individual leaders and discusses the Zionist roots of feminism and nationalism, the views of the ultra-Orthodox Jewish sector, and comparative information on contemporary suffrage movements elsewhere in the world"-- Provided by the publisher.

Series:

Brandeis series on gender, culture, religion, and law
HBI series on Jewish women

ISBN:

1611688868
9781611688863
161168885X
9781611688856

OCLC:

(OCoLC)947073843

LCCN:

2015031119

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)