An examination of southern Jewish womanhood during the antebellum and Civil War eras. It finds that in the Protestant South, southern Jewish women created and maintained unique American Jewish identities, and examines how these women fought proselytization, challenged anti-Semit…
Daughters of Israel, Daughters of the South examines southern Jewish womanhood during the Antebellum and Civil War eras. In an overwhelmingly Protestant South, Jewish women created and maintained unique American Jewish identities through their efforts in education, writing, reli…