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Daughters of the Shtetl : Life and Labor in the Immigrant Generation / Susan A. Glenn.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2019]Copyright date: ©1991Description: 1 online resource (328 p.) : 17 halftonesContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781501741999
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 331.4/81687/089924 20
LOC classification:
  • HD6073.C62
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. "A Girl Wasn't Much": Jewish Womanhood in Eastern Europe -- 2. Mothers and Daughters: Remaking the Jewish Family Economy in America -- 3. Unwritten Laws: Work and Opportunity in the Garment Industry -- 4. "All of Us Young People": The Social and Cultural Dimensions of Work -- 5. Uprisings: Women and the Mass Strike Movement -- 6. "As We Are Not Angels": The New Unionism and the New Womanhood -- Notes -- Index
Summary: In this fascinating portrait of Jewish immigrant wage earners, Susan A. Glenn weaves together several strands of social history to show the emergence of an ethnic version of what early twentieth-century Americans called the "New Womanhood." She maintains that during an era when Americans perceived women as temporary workers interested ultimately in marriage and motherhood, these young Jewish women turned the garment industry upside down with a wave of militant strikes and shop-floor activism and helped build the two major clothing workers' unions.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. "A Girl Wasn't Much": Jewish Womanhood in Eastern Europe -- 2. Mothers and Daughters: Remaking the Jewish Family Economy in America -- 3. Unwritten Laws: Work and Opportunity in the Garment Industry -- 4. "All of Us Young People": The Social and Cultural Dimensions of Work -- 5. Uprisings: Women and the Mass Strike Movement -- 6. "As We Are Not Angels": The New Unionism and the New Womanhood -- Notes -- Index

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In this fascinating portrait of Jewish immigrant wage earners, Susan A. Glenn weaves together several strands of social history to show the emergence of an ethnic version of what early twentieth-century Americans called the "New Womanhood." She maintains that during an era when Americans perceived women as temporary workers interested ultimately in marriage and motherhood, these young Jewish women turned the garment industry upside down with a wave of militant strikes and shop-floor activism and helped build the two major clothing workers' unions.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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