Female, Jewish, and Educated: The Lives of Central European University Women (Modern Jewish Experience)

326 Pages·2002·2.84 MB·English

by  Harriet Pass Freidenreich

FEMALE, JEWISH, AND EDUCATED
The Modern Jewish Experience
Paula Hyman and Deborah Dash Moore, editors
FEMALE,
JEWISH,
and
EDUCATED
The Lives of Central European
University Women
HARRIET PASS FREIDENREICH
The author and the publisher wish to acknowledge the
generous support of the Lucius N. Littauer Foundation.
This book is a publication of
Indiana University Press
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In Memory of
My Mother,
Malca Freedman Pass
&
My Grandmother,
Ida Livingstone Freedman
&
In Gratitude to
All of the Women
who made this book possible
CONTENTS
   ⁄ 
   ⁄ 
 ⁄ 
:   ,   ⁄ 
  ’  ⁄ 
1. Emancipation through Higher Education 1
2. Dutiful Daughters, Rebels, and Dreamers: Shaping
the Jewish University Woman 18
3. University Years: Jewish Women and German Academia 42
4. Professional Quest and Career Options 67
5. The Marriage Plot: Career versus Family? 108
6. Jews, Feminists, and Socialists: Personal Identity
and Political Involvement 133
7. Interrupted Lives: Persecution and Emigration 163
8. Reconstructing Lives and Careers 181
Epilogue: The Legacy 196
   ⁄ 
:  ⁄ 
 ⁄ 
 ⁄ 
 ⁄ 
MAPS
1. Central Europe, 1871–1914:
Birthplaces of Jewish University Women xxvi
2. Central Europe, 1919–1938:
Cities and Towns with Universities xxvii
TABLES
1. Austrian Jewish Women Students
at the University of Vienna, 1897–1934 206
2. German Jewish Students at Prussian Universities, 1899–1933 207
3. Professional Fields of Jewish University Women
as Compared with Their Fathers and Husbands 208
4. Size and Composition of Families of Jewish University Women 209
5. Birth Order among Jewish University Women 209
6. Central European Universities Attended
by Jewish University Women 210
7. Jewish University Women by Age Cohort and Age 211
8. Jewish Students at German Universities
by Field of Study, 1928/29 212
9. Medical Specialization among Central European Physicians
in the 1930s 213
10. Marital and Family Status of Jewish University Women 214
11. Religious Affiliation, Marital Status, and Intermarriage
among Jewish University Women 214
12. Emigration of Jewish University Women from Central Europe
during the Nazi Era 215
13. Jewish University Women in Nazi Europe
during the Holocaust 216
14. Emigration Destinations of Jewish University Women
before 1945 217