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Christian and Jewish Women in Britain, 1880-1940: Living with Difference
Anne Summers
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Description for Christian and Jewish Women in Britain, 1880-1940: Living with Difference
Hardback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 10 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; 3JJ; HRAC; HRC; HRJ; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 217 x 19. Weight in Grams: 444.
This book offers an entirely new contribution to the history of multiculturalism in Britain, 1880-1940. It shows how friendship and co-operation between Christian and Jewish women changed lives and, as the Second World War approached, actually saved them. The networks and relationships explored include the thousand-plus women from every district in Manchester who combined to send a letter of sympathy to the Frenchwoman at the heart of the Dreyfus Affair; the religious leagues for women's suffrage who initiated the first interfaith campaigning movement in British history; the collaborations, often problematic, on refugee relief in the 1930s; the close ties between ... Read more
This book offers an entirely new contribution to the history of multiculturalism in Britain, 1880-1940. It shows how friendship and co-operation between Christian and Jewish women changed lives and, as the Second World War approached, actually saved them. The networks and relationships explored include the thousand-plus women from every district in Manchester who combined to send a letter of sympathy to the Frenchwoman at the heart of the Dreyfus Affair; the religious leagues for women's suffrage who initiated the first interfaith campaigning movement in British history; the collaborations, often problematic, on refugee relief in the 1930s; the close ties between ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319421490
SKU
V9783319421490
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Ref
99-15
About Anne Summers
Anne Summers is Honorary Research Fellow at Birkbeck, University of London, UK. She was formerly a Curator of Modern Historical Manuscripts at the British Library. Her many publications on women's history include Angels and Citizens: British Women as Military Nurses, 1854-1914 and Female Lives, Moral States: Women, Religion and Political Culture in Britain, 1800-1930.
Reviews for Christian and Jewish Women in Britain, 1880-1940: Living with Difference
The existence and scope of co-operation, and the relationships that developed between the Christian and Jewish women in Anne Summers' study is an intriguing and engaging read, and sheds light on an otherwise hidden aspect of women's history. ... The research undertaken for this book is remarkable, and serves as a reminder that historians are, at heart, detectives. (Susan ... Read more