Event Title
Description
The following texts present an image of economic opportunities, and gender roles in Jewish society in eastern Europe. The first text is an 18th-century supplication by a Jew, Bunim Szlomowicz, against his wife; the second is a 1751 decree by the Council of Lithuania regulating women's roles in trade.
Start Date
22-8-2006 5:00 PM
Location
Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT
Unequal Opportunities The Economic Possibilities Open to Jewish Women in 18th Century Poland-Lithuania
Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT
The following texts present an image of economic opportunities, and gender roles in Jewish society in eastern Europe. The first text is an 18th-century supplication by a Jew, Bunim Szlomowicz, against his wife; the second is a 1751 decree by the Council of Lithuania regulating women's roles in trade.