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After the Girls Club

How Teenaged Holocaust Survivors Built New Lives in America

By: Carole Bell Ford

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After the Girls Club

How Teenaged Holocaust Survivors Built New Lives in America

By: Carole Bell Ford

After World War II the Girls Club of Brooklyn, New York, became home and safe haven to a small group of young women, orphaned in the Holocaust, whose stories represent the experiences of tens of thousands of child survivors. This book follows them from childhood to the present as they, contrary to early predictions, built new and successful lives in America. In old age the women, once again, are defying bleak expectations.

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206

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Lexington Books

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0739146084

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9780739146088

The Girls

Jewish Women of Brownsville, Brooklyn, 1940-1995

By: Carole Bell Ford

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The Girls

Jewish Women of Brownsville, Brooklyn, 1940-1995

By: Carole Bell Ford

Tells the stories of the Jewish women who came of age in Brownsville, Brooklyn, in the 1940s and 1950s--the choices they made, and the boundaries within which they made them.

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252

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SUNY Press

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0791443647

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9780791443644

The Women of CourtWatch

Reforming a Corrupt Family Court System

By: Carole Bell Ford

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The Women of CourtWatch

Reforming a Corrupt Family Court System

By: Carole Bell Ford

Houston was a terrible place to divorce or seek child custody in the 1980s and early 1990s. Family court judges routinely rendered verdicts that damaged the interests of women and children. In some especially shocking cases, they even granted custody to fathers who had been accused of molesting their own children. Yet despite persistent allegations of cronyism, incompetence, sexism, racism, bribery, and fraud, the judges wielded such political power and influence that removing them seemed all but impossible. The family court system was clearly broken, but there appeared to be no way to fix it. This book recounts the inspiring and courageous story of women activists who came together to oppose Houston's family court judges and whose political action committee, CourtWatch, played a crucial role in defeating five of the judges in the 1994 judicial election. Carole Bell Ford draws on extensive interviews with Florence Kusnetz, the attorney who led the reform effort, and other CourtWatch veterans, as well as news accounts, to provide a full history of the formation, struggles, and successes of a women's grassroots organization that overcame powerful political interests to improve Houston's family courts. More than just a local story, however, this history of CourtWatch provides a model that can be used by activists in other communities in which legal and social institutions have gone astray. It also honors the heroism of Florence Kusnetz, whose commitment to the Jewish concept of tikkun olam ("repairing and improving the world") brought her out of a comfortable retirement to fight for justice for women and children.

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255

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University of Texas Press

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0292781946

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9780292781948

The Girls

Jewish Women of Brownsville, Brooklyn, 1940-1995

By: Carole Bell Ford

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The Girls

Jewish Women of Brownsville, Brooklyn, 1940-1995

By: Carole Bell Ford

This book tells the stories of the Jewish women who came of age in Brownsville, Brooklyn, in the 1940s and 1950s. Through in-depth interviews with more than forty women, Carole Bell Ford explores the choices these women made and the boundaries within which they made them, offering fresh insights into the culture and values of Jewish women in the postwar period. Not content to remain in the past, The Girls is also a story of women who live in the present, who lead fulfilling lives even as they struggle to adjust to changes in American society that conflict with their own values and that have profoundly affected the lives of their children and grandchildren.

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248

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State University of New York Press

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1438403003

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9781438403007

After the Girls Club

How Teenaged Holocaust Survivors Built New Lives in America

By: Carole Bell Ford

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How Teenaged Holocaust Survivors Built New Lives in America

By: Carole Bell Ford

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Lexington Books

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0739146084

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The Women of CourtWatch

Reforming a Corrupt Family Court System

By: Carole Bell Ford

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Reforming a Corrupt Family Court System

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University of Texas Press

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Christmas Miracles

By: Harlequin Books,Carole Mortimer,Betty Neels,Rebecca Winters

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Christmas Miracles

By: Harlequin Books,Carole Mortimer,Betty Neels,Rebecca Winters

Christmas Miracles by Betty Neels\Carole Mortimer\Rebecca Winters released on Sep 24, 1997 is available now for purchase.

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292

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Harlequin Books

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0373152655

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9780373152650

Mr. Mom

By: Carole Mortimer,Sharon Brondos,Dallas Schulze

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Mr. Mom

By: Carole Mortimer,Sharon Brondos,Dallas Schulze

Mr. Mom by Carole Mortimer\Sharon Brondos\Dallas Schulze released on Apr 24, 1997 is available now for purchase.

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644

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0373201362

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9780373201365

Weekend Adventures for City-weary People

Overnight Trips in Northern California

By: Carole Terwilliger Meyers

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Weekend Adventures for City-weary People

Overnight Trips in Northern California

By: Carole Terwilliger Meyers

The guide to getting away, from Morro Bay to the Oregon border, newly revised and updated -- Includes new sections on San Francisco, Berkeley, and Martin County This thoroughly researched guide (formerly titled Weekend Adventures for City-Weary People) is informative and easy to use, with clear maps and a wealth of detail. It covers everything the region has to offer: city and wilderness, beaches and mountains, gold country and wine country, summer and winter recreation. Special attention is paid to the concerns of family travel.

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340

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0917120124

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9780917120121

Book's by Carole Bell Ford

After the Girls Club

After the Girls Club

The Girls

The Girls

The Women of CourtWatch

The Women of CourtWatch

The Girls

The Girls

After the Girls Club

After the Girls Club

The Women of CourtWatch

The Women of CourtWatch

Christmas Miracles

Christmas Miracles

Mr. Mom

Mr. Mom

Weekend Adventures for City-weary People

Weekend Adventures for City-weary People

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