My life as a radical Jewish woman : memoirs of a Zionist feminist in Poland / Puah Rakovsky ; edited and with an introduction by Paula E. Hyman ; translated from the Yiddish by Barbara Harshav with Paula E. Hyman.

By:

Raḳoṿsḳa, Puʻah, 1865-1955

Contributor(s):

Hyman, Paula, 1946-2011

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Original language: Yiddish Series: Modern Jewish experience (Bloomington, Ind.)Publication details: Bloomington ; Indianapolis : Indiana University Press, 2002.Description: 1 online resource (xi, 204 pages) : illustrations, mapContent type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

0253108578
9780253108579
025334042X
9780253340429
0253215641
9780253215642

Uniform titles:

Zikhroyneâs fun a Yidisher reòvolutsyonerin. English

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: My life as a radical Jewish woman.DDC classification:

320.54/095694/092 B 21

LOC classification:

DS135.P63 R36713 2002eb

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Contents:

Contents; Foreword; A Note on Transliteration; Map; Introduction; One: Bialystok "Warsaw; Two: A Kheyder for Girls; Three: Daughters of Zion; Four: Winds of Revolution; Five: Family Tragedies; Six: Winds of War; Seven: To the Land of Israel; Eight: Organizing Polish Jewish Women; Nine: Russian Journey; Ten: Aliyah; Index; About the Authors.

Summary: In this striking autobiography, Puah Rakovksy (1865-1955) tells of her experiences as a Jewish woman in later 19th- and early 20th-century Poland who broke with her traditional upbringing to become a professional educator, Zionist activist, and feminist leader. Her passionate account offers unprecedented entree into the life experience of East European Jewry in a period of massive social change.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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In this striking autobiography, Puah Rakovksy (1865-1955) tells of her experiences as a Jewish woman in later 19th- and early 20th-century Poland who broke with her traditional upbringing to become a professional educator, Zionist activist, and feminist leader. Her passionate account offers unprecedented entree into the life experience of East European Jewry in a period of massive social change.

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