Natalia Twersky Prize for Outstanding
Student Research
2006 Prize For Undergraduate Essays Relating to
The American Jewess
Jewish Women's Archive (JWA) offers an undergraduate writing prize
for essays or research papers that draw upon The American Jewess.
Prize: $ 350
Eligibility: Open to any undergraduate male or female.
Requirements:
Submissions must be from 8-25 pages in length and have been
written as part of formal coursework. The winning paper should
demonstrate compelling use of The American Jewess as source
material. Submissions may be complete or may represent an
excerpt from a longer piece.
Submissions must be accompanied by a letter to JWA from a
professor confirming that the paper was written as part of coursework
for the 2005-2006 academic year. Papers must be submitted
electronically to kgoldman@jwa.org.
Deadline: Deadline for submissions is May 15, 2006.
Contact Info:www.jwa.org/contactus.html
Published between 1895 and 1899, The American Jewess was the first English-language
publication for American Jewish women. It offered an evocative range of articles including
demands for synagogue membership for women; health, household and fashion tips; early
expressions of American Zionism; and short fiction. The American Jewess was unique
in offering a rich concentration of varied female and male perspectives about the roles and
possibilities for women in American Jewish communities.
Digitization of The American Jewess reflects JWA's commitment to provide users with
online access to primary sources in American Jewish women's history.
By giving voice to the aspirations, hopes and fears of Americanizing Jewish women at the
end of the 19th century, editor Rosa Sonneschein ensured that their experiences would become
part of the record of American history and American Jewish history in the 21st
century.
The Jewish Women's
Archive is pleased
to announce
availability of
The American
Jewess online at
www.jwa.org, and a
related undergraduate
writing prize.
The websites and
programs of the
Jewish Women's
Archive provide a
gateway to the rich
history of American
Jewish women.
