The plough woman : records of the pioneer women of Palestine : a critical edition / edited and annotated by Mark A. Raider and Miriam B. Raider-Roth.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Katznelson-Shazar, Rachel, 1888-1975.

Contributor:

Raider, Mark A.

Raider-Roth, Miriam B.

Series:

Tauber Institute for the Study of European Jewry series (Unnumbered)

Brandeis series on Jewish women

Tauber Institute for the Study of European Jewry series

Standardized Title:

Divre poʻalot. English

Language:

English

Hebrew

Subjects (All):

Women--Palestine--Biography.

Women.

Labor Zionism.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

lxxiii, 304 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, 1 map ; 23 cm.

Edition:

Critical edition.

Place of Publication:

[Waltham, Mass.] : Brandeis University Press ; Hanover [N.H.] : University Press of New England, [2002]

Language Note:

Translated from the Hebrew.

Summary:

These memoirs of young Zionist women who emigrated to Palestine at the turn of the century offer an intimate look at life on a veritable frontier. Memoirists discuss tensions in communal living, disclosing the hardships of working and raising families in isolated agricultural colonies. Nonetheless, their narratives show them to be keenly motivated by the vision of creating a Jewish homeland, an egalitarian society that would foster and celebrate individual growth, sustain family life, and provide a secure future for all.

First published in 1932 -- and long out of print -- this new, fully-annotated edition includes biographies of the book's original contributors, photographs, a glossary of terms, and a map of pre-state Israeli society. The editors' new introductory essays establish the literary and historical context for the memoirs, discuss women in Zionist history, and focus on the work and family issues vexing these early pioneers.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [285]-288) and index.

ISBN:

1584651830

OCLC:

49320344