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Record Nr.

UNINA9910790588003321

Autore

Hirsch Luise

Titolo

From the shtetl to the lecture hall : Jewish women and cultural exchange / / Luise Hirsch

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham : , : University Press of America, , [2013]

©2013

ISBN

0-7618-5993-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (335 p.)

Collana

Studies in Judaism

Disciplina

378.19822

Soggetti

Jewish women - Education (Higher) - Germany

Women college students - Germany

Jewish women - Germany - Intellectual life - 19th century

Jewish women - Germany - Intellectual life - 20th century

Jewish women - Germany

Germany Ethnic relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-297) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter One: "To Quench Their Thirst for Knowledge Abroad"; Chapter Two: "She Was Like the Merchant's Ships"; Chapter Three: "We Lived and Felt for Germany"; Chapter Four: Bread Students, Bluestockings, Bomb Throwers; Chapter Five: "Citizens of Academia"; Chapter Six: "Forced Right Out of Creative, Fruitful Work"; Biographical Notes on Selected Women; Bibliography; Index; About the Author; Studies in Judaism

Sommario/riassunto

Until the 19th century, women were regularly excluded from graduate education. This compelling book tells the story of Russian and German Jews who became the first female professionals in modern history. Hirsch details their childhoods, their schooling, and their experiences at German universities.