The Nation and Its "New" Women
Subtitle: The Palestinian Women's Movement, 1920-1948
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: April 14, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 368
ISBN-13: 9780520237896
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history: from c 1900 -; Women's studies; 20th century; Palestine; History; History - General History; Women's Studies - General; Sociology; Political activity; Gender Studies; Middle East - General; History / General; 1917-1948; Feminism; Women in politics; Women, Palestinian Arab
First sentence: From 1929 until 1947, headlines such as the following blazoned across the pages of the Arabic press in British Mandate Palestine: "We Women are Not Less Nationalistic than Men," "Protest of the Ladies Over the Oppression of the Government," "The Arab Woman-Always in the Vanguard and the Forefront of the Ranks," "Our Women and the Homeland," and "Demonstration of the Ladies of Jaffa Yesterday-Magnificence, Organization, and the Recitation of Nationalist, Fervent Speeches.