The online journal Women and Social Movements in the U.S., 1600-2000 is launching a new initiative entitled, \u201cJewish women and Postwar Social Movements, 1945-1982.\u201d This call for proposals for document projects asks how Jewish women\u2019s personal and historic experiences shaped the ways in which they participated in both Jewish communal affairs and in the larger American society. Shira Kohn and Rachel Kranson, both of New York University, and Kathleen Laughlin, of Metropolitan State University \u2013 St. Paul, will serve as the editors for this initiative and will begin accepting proposals for document projects on this topic.
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\nThis initiative will build upon the website\u2019s current offerings, which include projects concerning Protestant women, Native American women, African-American women, Jewish women, and most recently Catholic Women and Second Wave Feminism.<\/p>\n
We encourage document projects in the same format as those currently posted on the website. They should pose a question and organize documents that address the question. To begin the submission process, please send email to the editors for this initiative describing the project you are interested in developing. They will get back to you with further details on the submission process and the nature of the proposal you will need to prepare for the peer review process.<\/p>\n
Examples of potential topics include:
\n\u2022 Jewish Women and Civil Rights
\n\u2022 Jewish Women and Second Wave Feminism
\n\u2022 Jewish Women and Radical Feminism
\n\u2022 Jewish Women and the Red Scare
\n\u2022 Jewish Women and Wars (Korea, Vietnam, etc.)
\n\u2022 Jewish Women and the \u201cFeminine Mystique\u201d
\n\u2022 Comparative Projects between Jewish and non-Jewish Women
\n\u2022 Jewish Women\u2019s Clubs and\/or Voluntary Organizations (i.e. Hadassah, National Council for Jewish Women, etc.)
\n\u2022 Jewish Women and Religious Institutions
\n\u2022 Jewish Women and Suburbia
\n\u2022 Jewish Women and Zionism
\n\u2022 Icons of American Jewish Womanhood
\n\u2022 Jewish Women and New Professions
\n\u2022 Jewish Women and Education
\n\u2022 Jewish Women and Lesbian Rights<\/p>\n
For more information and to see examples of document projects, please visit the Women and Social Movements website at: http:\/\/www.binghamton.edu\/womhist\/<\/a><\/p>\n Please send proposals to:
\nShira Kohn shiram19@aol.com
\nRachel Kranson rachel@honksandsirens.com
\nKathleen Laughlin Kathleen.Laughlin@metrostate.edu<\/p>\n