Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Tables x
4. Preface and Acknowledgments xi
5. Notes on Text xiv
6. Abbreviations xvi
7. Introduction 1
8. Part I Eastern Europe
9. Chapter 1 Choosing Zionism 21
10. Chapter 2 The New Hebrew Woman 51
11. Chapter 3 The Koło Kobiet Żydowskich (KKŻ) 76
12. Chapter 4 The Koło Kobiet Żydowskich (KKŻ) 107
13. Chapter 5 Gender and Perception 130
14. Part II Central and Western Europe
15. Chapter 6 Networks, Politics, and Sports 153
16. Appendix 6.1 German Jewish and German Zionist women organizations 171
17. Chapter 7 The Women’s International Zionist Organization (WIZO) 182
18. Chapter 8 Women in the Zionist Movement in France from the Dreyfus Affair until Israel’s Founding, 1897–1948 208
19. Part III The Americas
20. Chapter 9 The American Model for Organizing Zionist Women 233
21. Chapter 10 The Response of American Zionist Women’s Organizations to the Holocaust 259
22. Chapter 11 Working for the Creation of the Jewish State 287
23. Part IV Middle East and North Africa
24. Chapter 12 Nationalism and Gender 319
25. Chapter 13 Women in Zionist Activity in North Africa 353
26. Women’s Activism in Zionism 383
27. Appendix. List of Women Zionists and Their Biographical Data 398
28. Glossary 413
29. Index 419