{"product_id":"jewish-women-pioneering-the-frontier-trail-a-history-in-the-american-west-paperback","title":"Jewish Women Pioneering the Frontier Trail: A History in the American West - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJeanne E. Abrams\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe image of the West looms large in the American imagination. Yet the history of American Jewry and particularly of American Jewish women--has been heavily weighted toward the East. \u003cb\u003eJewish Women Pioneering the Frontier Trail\u003c\/b\u003e rectifies this omission as the first full book to trace the history and contributions of Jewish women in the American West.\u003cbr\u003eIn many ways, the Jewish experience in the West was distinct. Given the still-forming social landscape, beginning with the 1848 Gold Rush, Jews were able to integrate more fully into local communities than they had in the East. Jewish women in the West took advantage of the unsettled nature of the region to \"open new doors\" for themselves in the public sphere in ways often not yet possible elsewhere in the country. Women were crucial to the survival of early communities, and made distinct contributions not only in shaping Jewish communal life but outside the Jewish community as well. Western Jewish women's level of involvement at the vanguard of social welfare and progressive reform, commerce, politics, and higher education and the professions is striking given their relatively small numbers.\u003cbr\u003eThis engaging work--full of stories from the memoirs and records of Jewish pioneer women--illuminates the pivotal role these women played in settling America's Western frontier.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJeanne E. Abrams\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor at the University Libraries and the Center for Judaic Studies at the University of Denver, where she is also Director of the Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Society, and Curator of the Beck Archives, Special Collections. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eFirst Ladies of the Republic: Martha Washington, Abigail Adams, Dolley Madison, and the Creation of an Iconic American Role\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eRevolutionary Medicine: The Founding Fathers and Mothers in Sickness and in Health\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 279\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.69 x 8.9 x 6.04 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 01, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51773718462752,"sku":"9780814707203","price":61.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/5d2bf0e5d42880c259a976838027945d_57e69c08-5b43-4e67-8265-86abe8ce2465.webp?v=1780431214","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/jewish-women-pioneering-the-frontier-trail-a-history-in-the-american-west-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}