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Female, Jewish, and educated [electronic resource]
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Female, Jewish, and Educated presents a collective biography of Jewish women who attended universities in Germany or Austria before the Nazi era. To what extent could middle-class Jewish women in the early decades of the 20th century combine family and careers? What impact did anti-Semitism and gender discrimination have in shaping their personal and professional choices? Harriet Freidenreich analyzes the lives of 460 Central European Jewish university women, focusing on their family backgrounds, unive
| Title |
Female, Jewish, and educated [electronic resource] : the lives of Central European university women / Harriet Pass Freidenreich. |
|---|---|
| Publisher |
Bloomington : Indiana University Press |
| Creation Date |
c2002 |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record. Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-280) and index. English |
| Content |
Contents List of Maps List of Tables Acknowledgments Introduction: Finding Our Mothers, Finding Ourselves Note on Women's Names ONE Emancipation through Higher Education TWO Dutiful Daughters, Rebels, and Dreamers: Shaping the Jewish University Woman THREE University Years: Jewish Women and German Academia FOUR Professional Quest and Career Options Illustrations FIVE The Marriage Plot: Career versus Family? SIX Jews, Feminists, and Socialists: Personal Identity and Political Involvement SEVEN Interrupted Lives: Persecution and Emigration EIGHT Reconstructing Lives and Careers Epilogue: The LegacyGlossary and Abbreviations Appendix: Tables Notes Bibliography Index About the Author |
| Series |
Modern Jewish experience |
| Extent |
1 online resource (326 p.) |
| Language |
English |
| National Library system number |
997010703023705171 |
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