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Author:

McCune, Mary.

Title:

The whole wide world, without limits : international relief, gender politics, and American Jewish women, 1893-1930 / Mary McCune.

Publisher:

Wayne State University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2005

Description:

xv, 280 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

National Council of Jewish Women--History.
Hadassah (Organization)--History.
Jewish women--United States--History--History--19th century.
Jewish women--United States--History--History--20th century.
Jewish women--United States--Social conditions--19th century.
Jewish women--United States--Social conditions--20th century.
Jewish women--United States--History--History--19th century.
Jewish women--United States--History--History--20th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-272) and index.

Contents:

Creating organizations for women, 1892-1912 -- The crisis years : Jewish women and World War I -- The move toward autonomy : the NCJW and Hadassah in the postwar world -- Women organizing women : gender and American Jewish identity, 1920-1930 -- The feminization of the Workmen's Circle, 1920-1930.

Series:

American Jewish civilization series

ISBN:

9780814332290 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0814332293 (hardcover : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)56058096

LCCN:

2004017351

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)