The Jewish white slave trade and the untold story of Raquel Liberman
By: Nora Glickman
Series: Garland reference library of social science [i.e. the humanities] -- v. 2130. -- Latin American studies -- v. 14; Garland reference library of the humanities -- vol. 2130; Garland reference library of the humanities -- vol. 14
Publisher: Garland Pub.
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 190
Subjects: Liberman, Raquel, -- b. 1900; Zwi Migdal (Organization : Argentina) -- History; Jews -- Argentina -- Buenos Aires -- Biography; Jewish women -- Argentina -- Buenos Aires -- Social conditions -- 20th century; Jewish criminals -- Argentina -- Buenos Aires -- History -- 20th century; Women -- Argentina -- Buenos Aires -- Social conditions -- 20th century; Prostitution -- Argentina -- Buenos Aires -- History -- 20th century; Sex-oriented businesses -- Argentina -- Buenos Aires -- History -- 20th century
Genres: Biography
Description: "This book recounts the life and career of Raquel Liberman, a Polish Jewish prostitute and victim of the White Slave Trade, which brought women from Eastern Europe to Argentina from the late 1880s to the 1930s. This volume sheds light on the events leading up to a dramatic confrontation between Raquel Liberman and the Zwi Migdal, the largest Jewish prostitution organization of the early twentieth century.

Liberman's struggle with the Zwi Migdal and her triumphant public victory over her oppressors was political cause celebre in its time. Nora Glickman's study is a new consideration of Liberman's historical significance, examining Liberman's recently released personal correspondence (translated textually from Yiddish) and details of Liberman's previously concealed private life."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-187) and index