Jewish girls coming of age in America, 1860-1920

Klapper, Melissa R.

Jewish girls coming of age in America, 1860-1920 [electronic resource] / Melissa R. Klapper. - New York : New York University Press, c2005. - x, 310 p. : ill.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-294) and index.

1. "Any other girls in this whole world like myself": Jewish girls and adolescence in America -- 2. "Unless I got more education": Jewish girls and the problem of education in turn-of-the-century America -- 3. "Education in the broadest sense": alternative forms of education for working-class girls -- 4. "A perfect Jew and a perfect American": the religious education of Jewish girls -- 5. "Such a world of pleasure": adolescent Jewish girls and American youth culture.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.






Jewish girls--Social conditions--United States--19th century.
Jewish girls--Social conditions--United States--20th century.
Jewish girls--Education--United States.
Jewish girls--Social life and customs--United States--19th century.
Jewish girls--Social life and customs--United States--20th century.
Jewish religious education of girls--United States.
Jewish teenagers--Social life and customs--United States--19th century.
Jewish teenagers--Social life and customs--United States--20th century.


Electronic books.

E184.36.S65 / K53 2005

305.242/2/089924073