“The Whole Wide World, Without Limits”: International Relief, Gender Politics, and American Jewish Women, 1893-1930

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“The Whole Wide World, Without Limits” American Jewish Civilization Series Editors Moses Rischin San Francisco State University Jonathan D. Sarna Brandeis University A complete listing of the books in this series can be found online at http://wsupress.wayne.edu “The Whole Wide World, Without Limits” International Relief, Gender Politics, and American Jewish Women, 1893–1930 6 Mary McCune WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY PRESS DETROIT Copyright © 2005 by Wayne State University Press, Detroit, Michigan 48201. All rights are reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced without formal permission. Manufactured in the United States of America. 09 08 07 06 05 5 4 3 2 1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data McCune, Mary. The whole wide world, without limits : international relief, gender politics, and American Jewish women, 1893–1930 / Mary McCune. p. cm. — (American Jewish civilization series) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-8143-3229-3 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1. Jewish women—United States—Political activity—History—19th century. 2. Jewish women—United States—Political activity—History—20th century. 3. Jewish women— United States—Social conditions—19th century. 4. Jewish women—United States—Social conditions—20th century. 5. Jewish women—United States—Societies and clubs—History —19th century. 6. Jewish women—United States—Societies and clubs—History— 20th century. 7. National Council of Jewish women—History. 8. Hadassah (Organization )—History. I. Title: International relief, gender politics, and American Jewish women, 1893–1930. II. Title. III. Series. E184.36.W64M36 2005 305.48’8924073’09041—dc22 2004017351 ' The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for Information Sciences— Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48–1984. Grateful acknowledgment is made to the Mary Dickey Masterton Fund for financial assistance in the publication of this volume. eISBN 978-0-8143-3752-3 Dedicated to Frank J. Byrne and my family 6 In memory of Frank L. Byrne (1928–2002) and Harry E. McCune (1927–2004) This page intentionally left blank ...