Girls of Liberty :
The Struggle for Suffrage in Mandatory Palestine /
Margalit Shilo.

Description

Main Author

Shilo, Margalit

Language(s)

English

Published

©2016.
London : Knowledge Unlatched, c2016.
Hanover : Published by University Press of New England [for] Brandeis University Press, c2016.

Subjects

Women's Studies.
History.
Suffragists > Suffragists / Palestine > Suffragists / Palestine / History > Suffragists / Palestine / History / 1917-1948.
Jewish women > Jewish women / Suffrage > Jewish women / Suffrage / Palestine > Jewish women / Suffrage / Palestine / History > Jewish women / Suffrage / Palestine / History / 1917-1948.
Jewish women > Jewish women / Political activity > Jewish women / Political activity / Palestine > Jewish women / Political activity / Palestine / History > Jewish women / Political activity / Palestine / History / 1917-1948.
Jewish women > Jewish women / Legal status, laws, etc. > Jewish women / Legal status, laws, etc. / Palestine > Jewish women / Legal status, laws, etc. / Palestine / History > Jewish women / Legal status, laws, etc. / Palestine / History / 1917-1948.

Summary

Presents the story of the struggle for women's right to vote in Mandatory Palestine. Includes portraits of individual leaders, discusses the Zionist roots of feminism and nationalism, the views of the Ultra Orthodox Jewish sector, and comparative information on contemporary suffrage movements elsewhere in the world. This title was made Open Access by libraries from around the world through Knowledge Unlatched.

Note

Also issued in print and PDF version.

Physical Description

1 online resource (232 pages) : illustrations, figures, tables.

ISBN

9781611689280 (e-ISBN)
9781611688863 (pbk-ISBN)
9781611688856 (print-ISBN)

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