Laws for Granting Citizenship to Women
Title
Laws for Granting Citizenship to Women
Subject
American Citizenship for Immigrant Women
Description
"Vos Yede Froy Darf Visen Vegen Birgershaft", which directly translates to "What Every Woman Should Know about Citizenship." The book is written in both Yiddish and English. This information booklet was made in 1926 by the National Council of Jewish Women, who issued it as a citizenship guide for immigrant women. The Council focused on the purpose of the booklet to serve as an aid for Jewish women who were unmarried to learn how to speak English, secure their American citizenship and find a place of employment.
This group was founded in the year 1893, with the intentions of spreading Judaism among its other members and the United States by means of social reform, especially in New York of all places. They also wanted to give immigrant women opportunities for a better education and to properly explain any laws allowing them to gain their citizenship in the United States, depending on whether they were married or not. I saw that this booklet could of very well been something that would be in the possession of the fictional, yet realistic character Gitl from "Yekl: A Tale of a New York Ghetto." Being a woman freshly introduced to an entirely new country with various social norms and ways of life that were completely different than their own, this aid could immensely helped a woman like Gitl into this society. Even with her being recently divorced from "Dzake," the booklet would of helped her as she transitioned to gaining her legal citizenship so she could seek proper employment to take care of her son Yosele.
This group was founded in the year 1893, with the intentions of spreading Judaism among its other members and the United States by means of social reform, especially in New York of all places. They also wanted to give immigrant women opportunities for a better education and to properly explain any laws allowing them to gain their citizenship in the United States, depending on whether they were married or not. I saw that this booklet could of very well been something that would be in the possession of the fictional, yet realistic character Gitl from "Yekl: A Tale of a New York Ghetto." Being a woman freshly introduced to an entirely new country with various social norms and ways of life that were completely different than their own, this aid could immensely helped a woman like Gitl into this society. Even with her being recently divorced from "Dzake," the booklet would of helped her as she transitioned to gaining her legal citizenship so she could seek proper employment to take care of her son Yosele.
Creator
Cecilia Razovsky
Source
Cecilia Razovsky (1891-1968). Vos Yede Froy Darf Visen Vegen Birgershaft, What Every Woman Should Know about Citizenship. New York: Department of Immigrant Aid, National Council of Jewish Women, 1926. Hebraic Section, Library of Congress (86)
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http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/haventohome/haven-century.html#obj20
Publisher
National Council of Jewish Women
Date
1926
Contributor
Evan Orfanos
Files
Collection
Citation
Cecilia Razovsky, “Laws for Granting Citizenship to Women,” Three Decades of NYC, accessed April 29, 2024, http://www.loyolanotredamelib.org/en203/items/show/132.