Project
Women Whose Lives Span the Century
Ronya Schwaab was interviewed by Vicki Gabriner on January 18th and 26th, February 3rd and 7th, and June 18th, 1997, in Boston, Massachusetts, as part of the Women Whose Lives Spanned The Century Oral History Project. Schwaab recounts her childhood in Gomel, Belarus, highlighting aspects such as the First World War, Jewish traditions, women's roles, interfaith relations, arranged marriages, and encounters with the anti-revolutionary group, the Chyornaya Sotnya.