| Description |
1 online resource (9, 293 pages) : illustrations, facsimiles. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Meḥḳar ṿe-ʼiyun
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מחקר ועיון |
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Meḥḳar ṿe-ʻiyun.
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מחקר ועיון. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-285) and index. |
| Summary |
"According to its Declaration of Independence, the State of Israel "will ensure complete equality of social and political rights to all its inhabitants irrespective of religion, race or sex." However, equality between men and women in Israel was not de facto. What did Israeli women have to say about that? The book presents the views and opinions of Israeli women in the 1950s and the early 1960s about their roles and duties in both public and domestic spheres, based on contemporary 'women's sections' in newspapers and women's magazines. It presents women's opinions about women in the Israeli parliament (Knesset) and about Golda Meir; women's service in the Israeli Defense Force and the exclusion of women from the public sphere; motherhood and parenthood, woman's right to choose an abortion, and women's struggle for peace; women's duties as housewives and the discrimination against women in the workplace. The book also uncovers a forgotten feminist journal, sheds light on a famous adoption story involving a Yemenite baby, and discusses a protest by female cadets in the Israeli Air Force flight course that was ignored and silenced for many years. The book unveils Israeli women's voices from the past, showing that in an era of many fateful decisions, Israeli women also made choices that affected their status in the social sphere. Readers may find these decisions relevant to discussions of Israeli women's place in society today"--Adapted from EBSCO host interface. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Women -- Israel -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
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Women. |
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Israel. |
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Social conditions. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Israel -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
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Women -- Press coverage -- Israel -- History -- 20th century.
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Women -- Press coverage. |
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History. |
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Women -- Social conditions. |
| Chronological Term |
1900-1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Subject |
Women. |
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Womyn. |
| Note |
Title on title page verso: Women in the State of Israel : the early years |
| ISBN |
9789657008836 (electronic book) |
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9657008832 (electronic book) |
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9789657008829 |
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