Rebecca Gratz: Women and Judaism in Antebellum America

by Dianne Ashton

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814341004
• ISBN13: 9780814341001
• Release Date: December 2015
• Publisher: Wayne State University Press
• Length: 340 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.9" x 8.9"