Informed by shared values of America's founding and Jewish identity, these women's lives have left deep footprints in the history of the nation they call home. Nadell recounts how Jewish women have been at the forefront of causes for centuries, fighting for suffrage, trade unions, civil rights, and feminism, and hoisting banners for Jewish rights around the world. The twin threads binding these women together, she argues, are a strong sense of self and a resolute commitment to making the world a better place. Norton), winner of the 2019 National Jewish Book AwardEverett Family Foundation Jewish Book of the Year. Nadell weaves together the stories of a diverse group of extraordinary people-from the colonial-era matriarch Grace Nathan and her great-granddaughter, poet Emma Lazarus, to labor organizer Bessie Hillman and the great justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, to scores of other activists, workers, wives, and mothers who helped carve out a Jewish American identity. Pamela Nadell is the author of America’s Jewish Women: A History from Colonial Times to Today (W.W. What does it mean to be a Jewish woman in America? In a gripping historical narrative, Pamela S. A groundbreaking history of how Jewish women maintained their identity and influenced social activism as they wrote themselves into American history. Americas Jewish Women: A History from Colonial Times to Today.
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