The Plough Woman: Records of the Pioneer Women of Palestine -- A Critical Edition
The Plough Woman reveals a fascinating chapter in the history of pioneer Palestine. First published in 1932--and long out of print--this new edition throws light on the complex arena of Palestine and Zionism as well as the intersection between the early Jewish nationalist movement and radical feminists at the turn of the 19th and 20h centuries. \ The voices, prose, memoirs, and literature of young Zionist women who emigrated to Palestine in these decades offer an intimate look at life on a...
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An updated reprint of the classic text on the pioneer women of pre-state Israel. ...extraordinary collection of poignant and courageous voices.
List of IllustrationsEditors' NoteAcknowledgmentsForeword to the Second EditionEpilogue to the Second EditionIntroduction to the First EditionTranslator's NoteMission Statement of the Pioneer Women's Organization (1932)Mission Statement of Pioneer Women (1975)Between Text and Context: The Plough Woman in Historical PerspectiveThe Plough Woman: Identities in the MakingPt. IIn the BeginningThe Collective3Those First Years13In Sejera16The Jewish Guard18The Founding of Merhavyah22With the Shomrim in Galilee26My Aliyah to the Land of Israel34With a Kvuzah of Shepherds38From Judea to Samaria41I Become a Worker47Pt. IIWith the GroupThe Kvuzah of Twenty65On the Run69In the Days of Hassan Bek75Twenty-four Hours79With A. D. Gordon84A Word to the Legionnaires85Behind the Front89The Workers' Club92The Strike in Akko94The Strike in Zikhron Yaakov97Fighting for Work in Petah Tikvah100Destruction of the Havurah in Haifa102Pt. IIIAt WorkStages109In the Kvuzah116The Woman in the Moshav Ovdim120In Nahalal124The Meshek Hapoalot in Nahlat Yehudah126The Tobacco Kvuzuah129The Birth of the Havurah135The Havurah of Petah Tikvah138Women Build Houses140The "Independent" Woman143Wife of a Haver145Pt. IVWith ChildrenFundamental Problems151Group Upbringing and the Child157Children's House and Parents' Room160Mothers' Talk162Borrowed Mothers164Pt. VThe DepartedShoshanah Bogen: Biographical Sketch169Shoshanah Bogen: Fragments, From the Letters and Notebooks of Shoshanah Bogen172Shoshanah Bogen: On the Last Words of Shoshanah181Dvorah Drakhler: Biographical Sketch183Sarah Chizhik: Biographical Sketch187Sarah Chizhik: Fragments, From the Letters and Diaries of Sarah Chizhik189Pessie Abramson: Biographical Sketch193Pessie Abramson: Letters of Pessie Abramson197Sarah Lishansky: Biographical Sketch203Sarah Lishansky: Sarah's Shtetl207Rahel Zisle-Levkovich: Biographical Sketch213Rahel Zisle-Levkovich: Letters of Rahel Zisle-Levkovich218Pt. VIIn the LiteratureAmong Writers227PoetryIdle Tales231Perhaps231In the Garden232Comfort Me232In Sickness233To You233Barren233My Land234The Genizah235From Language to Language247Glossary of Terms259Glossary of Names265Glossary of Places277Selected Bibliography285Index289
\ From the Publisher"...extraordinary collection of poignant and courageous voices." --Lilith\ \
