DIANE LICHTENSTEIN is Associate Professor of English and Co-Chair of Women's Studies at Beloit College. Her work on American Jewish women writers has appeared in Tulsa Studies in Women and Literature and Studies in American Jewish Literature.

"Taking into account their multiple loyalties, this book explores how these Jewish women created their own space and how we interpret their achievements. With a comprehensive bibliography, notes, and an index, this work is essential for scholars, women's and Jewish studies departments, and literary and historical studies." Library Journal " ... Lichtenstein has served the fields of American women's and Jewish history well ..." American Historical Review "This is a fascinating, well-researched book." Na'amat Woman "A significant record of the relationship of gender and Jewish ethnicity to American literary studies." Choice

• AcknowledgmentsI. Introducing the TraditionII. Mythic Ideals of AmericanIII. The Words and Worlds of Emma LazarusIV. American and Jewish WomanhoodV. American and Jewish Nationalities VI. American Jewish Women ThemselvesNotesBibliographyIndex

DIANE LICHTENSTEIN is Associate Professor of English and Co-Chair of Women's Studies at Beloit College. Her work on American Jewish women writers has appeared in Tulsa Studies in Women and Literature and Studies in American Jewish Literature.

"Taking into account their multiple loyalties, this book explores how these Jewish women created their own space and how we interpret their achievements. With a comprehensive bibliography, notes, and an index, this work is essential for scholars, women's and Jewish studies departments, and literary and historical studies." Library Journal " ... Lichtenstein has served the fields of American women's and Jewish history well ..." American Historical Review "This is a fascinating, well-researched book." Na'amat Woman "A significant record of the relationship of gender and Jewish ethnicity to American literary studies." Choice

• AcknowledgmentsI. Introducing the TraditionII. Mythic Ideals of AmericanIII. The Words and Worlds of Emma LazarusIV. American and Jewish WomanhoodV. American and Jewish Nationalities VI. American Jewish Women ThemselvesNotesBibliographyIndex