ISBN:
9781611688856
,
9781611688863
,
9781611689259
Language:
English
Pages:
xiii, 200 pages
,
24 cm
Year of publication:
2016
Series Statement:
Brandeis Series on Gender, Culture, Religion, and Law & HBI Series on Jewish Women
Parallel Title:
Online version Shilo, Margalit, author Girls of liberty
DDC:
324.6/23095694
Keywords:
Jewish women Suffrage 1917-1948
;
History
;
Jewish women Legal status, laws, etc 1917-1948
;
History
;
Jewish women Political activity 1917-1948
;
History
;
Suffragists History 1917-1948
;
Palestine Politics and government 1917-1948
Abstract:
"Presents the story of the struggle for women's right to vote in Mandatory Palestine. Includes portraits of individual leaders and discusses the Zionist roots of feminism and nationalism, the views of the ultra-Orthodox Jewish sector, and comparative information on contemporary suffrage movements elsewhere in the world"--
Abstract:
1. Feminism and its Zionist and Hebrew roots -- 2. The women's struggle begins: local organization -- 3. The national campaign commences -- 4. From associations to political party: the union of Hebrew women for equal rights -- 5. One step forward, two steps back -- 6. The union comes of age -- 7. Five years of struggle and a victory -- 8. Victory and defeat
Description / Table of Contents:
1. Feminism and its Zionist and Hebrew roots2. The women's struggle begins: local organization -- 3. The national campaign commences -- 4. From associations to political party: the union of Hebrew women for equal rights -- 5. One step forward, two steps back -- 6. The union comes of age -- 7. Five years of struggle and a victory -- 8. Victory and defeat.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-196) and index
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