The girls : Jewish women of Brownsville, Brooklyn, 1940-1995 /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Ford, Carole Bell, 1934-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Imprint:	Albany, NY : State University of New York Press, [2000]
Series:	SUNY series on modern Jewish literature and culture.
Subjects:	20th century Jewish women > New York (State) > New York > History > 20th century. Jewish women > New York (State) > New York > Interviews. Jews > New York (State) > New York > History > 20th century. Jews > New York (State) > New York > Interviews. Jews. History. Jewish women. Brownsville (New York, N.Y.) > Biography. New York (State) > New York. Biographies. Interviews.

Table of Contents:

Preface: Reclaiming our Past
Acknowledgments
Prologue They Still Call Themselves "The Girls": Profiles of Two Brownsville Women
Chapter 1. Missing: Fifty-One Percent of the Stories
Chapter 2. Brownsville: The Nurturing Neighborhood
Chapter 3. Jewish Women: Mothers
Chapter 4. Coming of Age in the Forties: Choices
Chapter 5. The Cult of Domesticity: Coming of Age in the Fifties
Chapter 6. Unfinished Business: Becoming Your Own Person
Chapter 7. Conclusions: Looking Back
Epilogue Daughters: New Dilemmas
Appendix
Notes
Glossary
Sources
Index

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