Girls of Liberty: The Struggle for Suffrage in Mandatory Palestine

by Margalit Shilo

Following the Balfour Declaration and the British conquest of Palestine (1917-1918), the small Jewish community that lived there wanted to establish an elected assembly as its representative body. The issue that hindered this aim was whether women would be part of it. A group of feminist Zionist women from all over the country created a political party that participated in the elections, even before women's suffrage was enacted. This unique phenomenon...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1611688868
• ISBN13: 9781611688863
• Release Date: April 2016
• Publisher: Brandeis University Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"