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The Jewish Woman
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The position of the Jewish woman in Germany today cannot be ascertained from understanding the present alone. A brief look at the recent and distant past—perhaps even the long-distant past—is…

Contributor:

Bertha Pappenheim

Places:

Frankfurt am Main, Weimar Republic (Frankfurt am Main, Germany)

Date:

1935

Subjects:

Feminism, Women, Zionism, Orthodox Judaism, Education, Politics

Categories:

Historical writing, Political Culture
The Spaniolische (Sephardic) Woman
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We have been implored to print the following letter:Dear Mrs. Bernadzikowska-Belović,I am an eager reader of the Bosnische Post and, especially, of your short feature pieces and articles, which are my…

Contributor:

Laura Papo

Places:

Sarajevo, Austro-Hungarian Empire (Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Date:

1916

Subjects:

Sephardi, Women, Jewish languages, Modernity, Journalism, Politics

Categories:

Political Culture, Journalism, Firsthand accounts
A European Feminist Decries Sex Trafficking in the Ottoman Empire
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Constantinople [Istanbul], April 8, 1911 Dear Mrs. N., I hear unanimously and consistently that the market [for prostitution—Eds.] in Constantinople is ninety percent Jewish women, that almost all…

Contributor:

Bertha Pappenheim

Places:

Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (Istanbul, Turkey)

Date:

1911

Subjects:

Sexual violence, Prostitution, Women, Human rights, Sephardi, Letters, Politics

Categories:

Political Culture, Letters, Firsthand accounts