Girls of liberty : the struggle for suffrage in Mandatory Palestine /

"Presents the story of the struggle for women's right to vote in Mandatory Palestine. Includes portraits of individual leaders and discusses the Zionist roots of feminism and nationalism, the views of the ultra-Orthodox Jewish sector, and comparative information on contemporary suffrage mo...

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Main Author: Shilo, Margalit (Author)
Other Authors: Watzman, Haim (Translator), Joffe, Lisa Fishbayn (writer of foreword.)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Waltham, Massachusetts : Brandeis University Press, [2015]
Series:Brandeis series on gender, culture, religion & law.
HBI series on Jewish women.
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Summary:"Presents the story of the struggle for women's right to vote in Mandatory Palestine. Includes portraits of individual leaders and discusses the Zionist roots of feminism and nationalism, the views of the ultra-Orthodox Jewish sector, and comparative information on contemporary suffrage movements elsewhere in the world"--
Physical Description:xiii, 200 pages ; 23 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781611688856
161168885X
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1611688868
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