The World of Our Mothers
The Lives of Jewish Immigrant Women
By Sydney Stahl Weinberg
352 pp., 6 x 9
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Paperback ISBN: 978-0-8078-6636-8
Published: January 2011
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Originally published in 1988.
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"A collective narrative of cultural assimilation. From housekeeper to opera singer to aspiring bookkeeper, nearly all the women evince a striking courage, flexibility, and openness to the American way. . . . This book stands as an intriguing bit of oral history--and an at-times moving tribute to the women who passed through Ellis Island."--Kirkus Reviews