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

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Contents 6 Acknowledgments ix Abbreviations xiii Note on Yiddish Transliteration xv Introduction 1 1 Creating Organizations for Women, 1892–1912 11 2 The Crisis Years: Jewish Women and World War I 43 3 The Move Toward Autonomy: The NCJW and Hadassah in the Postwar World 79 4 Women Organizing Women: Gender and American Jewish Identity, 1920–1930 113 5 The Feminization of the Workmen’s Circle, 1920–1930 157 Conclusion 187 Notes 197 Bibliography 251 Index 273 vii This page intentionally left blank ...