Description
Book SynopsisA history and celebration of Jewish women through the centuries. This is an indispensable resource about the role of Jewish women from post-biblical times to the twentieth century. Unique in its approach, it is structured so that each chapter covers a specific period and geographical area. The book contains illustrations, boxed text, extensive endnotes, and indices.
Trade Review"A jewel."—
Publishers Weekly"An impressive chronological and geographical sourcebook . . . Recommended. General readers through faculty."—
Choice"This is a good reference book for almost any library with a Judaica collection. It would also be a fine Bat Mitzvah gift."—
Association of Jewish Libraries Newsletter "An excellent tool for exploring a rich sampling of individual Jewish women from ancient times to the beginning of the twentieth century and learning what historians have unearthed about them."—
Feminist Collections"[A] wonderful, unique contribution to the study of Jewish women."—
Canadian Jewish News"This is an indispensable resource about the role of Jewish women from post-biblical times to the twentieth century."—
Jewish Book Council
