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Description

1. 1 online resource (x, 310 p.) : ill.

Uniform title

1. Jewish girls coming of age in America, 1860-1920 (Online)

Alternative title

1. Jewish girls coming of age in America, 1860-1920 (Online)

Subject

1. Jewish girls > United States > Social conditions > 19th century
2. Jewish girls > United States > Social conditions > 20th century
3. Jewish girls > Education > United States
4. Jewish girls > United States > Social life and customs > 19th century
5. Jewish girls > United States > Social life and customs > 20th century
6. Jewish religious education of girls > United States
7. Jewish teenagers > United States > Social life and customs > 19th century
8. Jewish teenagers > United States > Social life and customs > 20th century

Contents

1. 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.

Bibliography (note)

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

Access (note)

1. Access restricted to authorized users.

Author

1. Klapper, Melissa R.

Title

1. Jewish girls coming of age in America, 1860-1920 [electronic resource] / Melissa R. Klapper.

Imprint

1. New York : New York University Press, c2005.

Bibliography

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

Access

1. Access restricted to authorized users.

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1. Available from home with a valid library card
2. Available onsite at NYPL

LCCN

1. 2004015012