Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Note on Yiddish Transliteration -- Introduction -- 1 CREATING ORGANIZATIONS FOR WOMEN, 1892-1912 -- Women in a Socialist Brotherhood -- Jewish Women's Congress to National Organization -- Gendering Membership -- NCJW and Social Welfare Work -- Creating a Gendered Zionism -- On the Eve of World War I -- 2 THE CRISIS YEARS: JEWISH WOMEN AND WORLD WAR I -- The Plight of Jews in Eastern Europe and Palestine -- American Jews Respond to the War -- Forging Gender and Ethnic Bonds -- The JDC's Gendered Appeals for Relief
Gender Dynamics in War: Cooperation and Conflict -- Growing Support for Women's Rights -- Poised for Future Action -- 3 THE MOVE TOWARD AUTONOMY: THE NCJW AND HADASSAH IN THE POSTWAR WORLD -- The JDC in the Postwar World -- Breaking New Ground: The NCJW and International Work -- Hadassah and Palestine: "A Joyful Mother of Children" -- Hadassah's Struggle for Independence -- Benefits and Limitations of Separatism -- 4 WOMEN ORGANIZING WOMEN: GENDER AND AMERICAN JEWISH IDENTITY, 1920-1930 -- Growing Diversity, Common Problems -- NCJW Involvement in American Politics
Hadassah and Zionist Women's Issues -- Recruiting American Women to Zionism -- World Congress of Jewish Women -- Moving into the Mainstream -- 5 THE FEMINIZATION OF THE WORKMEN'S CIRCLE, 1920-1930 -- Arbeter Ring in the Postwar World -- Creating an Activist Arena for Women -- Perspectives on Women's Work -- Formal Establishment of the Froyen Klubn -- Social Service and the Workmen's Circle -- Feminizing the Socialist Brotherhood -- CONCLUSION -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-272) and index
