Dianne Ashton

Rebecca Gratz (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

This is the first in-depth biography of Rebecca Gratz (1781-1869), the foremost American Jewish woman of the nineteenth century. Perhaps the best-known member of the prominent Gratz family of Philadelphia, she was a fervent patriot, a profoundly religious woman, and a widely known activist for poor women. She devoted her life to confronting and resolving the personal challenges she faced as a Jew and as a female member of a prosperous family. In using hundreds of Gratz's own letters in her research, Dianne Ashton reveals Gratz's own blend of Jewish and American values and explores the significance of her work. Informed by her American and Jewish ideas, values, and attitudes, Gratz created and managed a variety of municipal and Jewish institutions for charity and education, including America's first independent Jewish women's charitable society, the first Jewish Sunday school, and the first American Jewish foster home. Through her commitment to establishing charitable resources...

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wayne State University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Januar 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780814341018
• Artikelnr.: 42367361

Autorenporträt

Dianne Ashton is professor of Religion Studies at Rowan University and the editor of the scholarly journal, American Jewish History. Her most recent book is Hanukkah in America: A History. She also co-edited Four Centuries of Jewish Women's Spirituality and its revised edition.