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Gertrude Weil - Jewish Progressive in the New South (Hardcover)
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Gertrude Weil - Jewish Progressive in the New South (Hardcover)
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It is so obvious that to treat people equally is the right thing to
do,"" wrote Gertrude Weil (1879-1971). In the first-ever biography
of Weil, Leonard Rogoff tells the story of a modest southern Jewish
woman who, while famously private, fought publicly and passionately
for the progressive causes of her age. Born to a prominent family
in Goldsboro, North Carolina, Weil never married and there remained
ensconced--in many ways a proper southern lady--for nearly a
century. From her hometown, she fought for women's suffrage,
founded her state's League of Women Voters, pushed for labor reform
and social welfare, and advocated for world peace. Weil made
national headlines during an election in 1922 when, casting her
vote, she spotted and ripped up a stack of illegally marked
ballots. She campaigned against lynching, convened a biracial
council in her home, and in her eighties desegregated a swimming
pool by diving in headfirst. Rogoff also highlights Weil's place in
the broader Jewish American experience. Whether attempting to
promote the causes of southern Jewry, save her European family
members from the Holocaust, or support the creation of a Jewish
state, Weil fought for systemic change, all the while insisting
that she had not done much beyond the ordinary duty of any citizen.
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