Jewish women pioneering the frontier trail
Subtitle: a history in the American West
By: Jeanne E. Abrams
Publisher: New York University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 279
Subjects: Jewish women -- West (U.S.) -- History; Jewish women -- West (U.S.) -- Social conditions; Women in Judaism -- West (U.S.); Judaism -- West (U.S.)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-258) and index
Table of contents: title: Introduction : a view from the West; title: From the Old Country to the New Land : "going west"; title: Building a foundation; title: From generation to generation; title: Religious lives of Jewish women in the West; title: From "women's work" to working women; title: Scaling the ivy walls and into the professions; title: Entering the political world; title: Conclusion : opening new doors