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Jewish girls coming of age in America, 1860-1920 [electronic resource] / Melissa R. Klapper.

By: Klapper, Melissa R.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
Publisher: New York : New York University Press, c2005Description: x, 310 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.Subject(s): Jewish girls -- United States -- Social conditions -- 19th century | Jewish girls -- United States -- Social conditions -- 20th century | Jewish girls -- Education -- United States | Jewish girls -- United States -- Social life and customs -- 19th century | Jewish girls -- United States -- Social life and customs -- 20th century | Jewish religious education of girls -- United States | Jewish teenagers -- United States -- Social life and customs -- 19th century | Jewish teenagers -- United States -- Social life and customs -- 20th centuryGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 305.242/2/089924073 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
Contents:
1. "Any other girls in this whole world like myself": Jewish girls and adolescence in America -- 2. "Unless I got more education": Jewish girls and the problem of education in turn-of-the-century America -- 3. "Education in the broadest sense": alternative forms of education for working-class girls -- 4. "A perfect Jew and a perfect American": the religious education of Jewish girls -- 5. "Such a world of pleasure": adolescent Jewish girls and American youth culture.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-294) and index.

1. "Any other girls in this whole world like myself": Jewish girls and adolescence in America -- 2. "Unless I got more education": Jewish girls and the problem of education in turn-of-the-century America -- 3. "Education in the broadest sense": alternative forms of education for working-class girls -- 4. "A perfect Jew and a perfect American": the religious education of Jewish girls -- 5. "Such a world of pleasure": adolescent Jewish girls and American youth culture.

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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2006. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.