5/31/2023 0 Comments Beyond the pale dykewomonTheir insistence on finding joy despite the grief and hardships which overshadow their lives, makes theirs a legacy to celebrate. Immersed in the political passions of the Progressive Era - the Women's Trade Union League, anarchist and socialist movements, women's suffrage - they lead extraordinary lives with ordinary lesbian courage. Over time they become lovers, and they search for community with others of like mind. Becoming workers at age fourteen, Chava and Rose walk a tightrope over the oppressions and tragedies of their time: sweatshop labor, anti-Semitism, strikes, sexual harassment. Their story intertwines with that of Chava Meyer, a girl orphaned by the Kishinev pogrom of 1903, who comes to America with her cousin Rose's family. Set in Russia and New York between 18, this epic novel uncovers a rich legacy of Jewish lesbians whose stories have until now fallen between the cracks of history.Īmong the women is Gutke, a midwife who immigrates to the Lower East Side with her partner, a woman who passes as a man. Set in Russia and New York between 18, this epic novel uncovers a rich legacy of Jewish lesbians whose stories have until now fallen between the cracks of history.Among the women is Gutke, a midwife who immigrates to the Lower East Side wi.
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