The Hungarian Pocahontas : the life and times of Laura Polanyi Stricker, 1882-1959 / Judith Szapor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Szapor, Judith.

Series:

East European monographs ; no. 662.

East European monographs ; no. 662

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Stricker, Laura Polanyi, 1882-1959.

Stricker, Laura Polanyi.

Intellectual life.

Feminism.

Hungary--Biography.

Hungary.

Central Europe.

Polányi family.

Feminism--Europe, Central.

Europe, Central--Intellectual life--20th century.

Europe, Central.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

viii, 218 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Boulder, Colo. : East European Monographs ; New York : Distributed by Columbia University Press, 2005.

Summary:

This book sheds light on the life of the intellectual refugee Laura Polanyi Stricker, whose contributions to the Austro-Hungarian women's movement during the 1920s and 1930s have remained unexplored. Stricker, the elder sister of Karl and Michael Polanyi, was a pioneering feminist and educator. This book explores a little-known period of Central European history in light of narratives of women's emancipation and Jewish assimilation. Szapor discusses patterns and networks of immigration and the experience of women refugees. By incorporating previously unexplored public and family archives, along with extensive interviews, Szapor brings to the forefront the volatility of early-twentieth-century Hungary, the political and artistic ferment of Vienna and Weimar Berlin, and the Polanyis' flight from Hitler.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-218).

ISBN:

0880335629

OCLC:

62134959