Jewish Women Pioneering the Frontier Trail : A History in the American West by Jeanne E Abrams
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Author: Jeanne E Abrams
Number of Pages: 279 pages
Published Date: 29 Sep 2006
Publisher: New York University Press
Publication Country: New York, United States
Language: English
Format: Pdf
ISBN: 9780814707197
File size: 40 Mb
Download Link: Jewish Women Pioneering the Frontier Trail A History in the American West
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The image of the West looms large in the American imagination. Yet the history of American Jewry and particularly of American Jewish women-has been heavily weighted toward the East. Jewish Women Pioneering the Frontier Trail rectifies this omission as the first full book to trace the history and contributions of Jewish women in the American West. In many ways, the Jewish experience in the West was distinct. Given the still-forming social landscape, beginning with the 1848 Gold Rush, Jews were able to integrate more fully into local communities than they had in the East. Jewish women in the West took advantage of the unsettled nature of the region to "open new doors" for themselves in the public sphere in ways often not yet possible elsewhere in the country. Women were crucial to the survival of early communities, and made distinct contributions not only in shaping Jewish communal life but outside the Jewish community as well. Western Jewish women's level of involvement at the vanguard of social welfare and progressive reform, commerce, politics, and higher education and the professions is striking given their relatively small numbers.
This engaging work-full of stories from the memoirs and records of Jewish pioneer women-illuminates the pivotal role these women played in settling America's Western frontier.
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