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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

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Female, Jewish, and Educated: The Lives of Central European University Women

Female, Jewish, and Educated: The Lives of Central European University Women

Freidenreich, Harriet Pass

Hardcover

Series: Modern Jewish Experience

Biographies GeneralJudaismGeneral European History

ISBN10: 0253340993
ISBN13: 9780253340993
Publisher: Indiana Univ Pr
Published: Jun 21 2002
Pages: 328
Weight: 1.56
Height: 1.03 Width: 6.44 Depth: 9.52
Language: English

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, university experiences, professional careers, and decisions about marriage and children. She evaluates the role of discrimination and anti-Semitism in shaping the careers of academics, physicians, and lawyers in the four decades preceding World War II and assesses the effects of Nazism, the Holocaust, and emigration on the lives of a younger cohort of women. The life stories of the women profiled reveal the courage, character, and resourcefulness with which they confronted challenges still faced by women today.

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