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Heart of a wife : the diary of a Southern Jewish woman

Helen Jacobus Apte (Author), Marcus D. Rosenbaum (Editor)
This text reveals Helen Jacobus Apte's emotions and personal faith while facing life's joys, sorrows and contradictions at the start of this century. She ponders her feelings about religion, her native South and patriotism, and tells of events local, national and international that affected her.
Print Book, English, 1998
SR Books, Wilmington, Del., 1998
Diary
xx, 222 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
9780842027458, 9780842027465, 0842027459, 0842027467
39069401
Introduction / Marcus D. Rosenbaum
Ch. 1. Newlywed Bliss, Newlywed Optimism (1909-1911). Day Apte. Race and Responsibility. The 1910 Cigar Strike
Ch. 2. Hard Times among the Flat Dwellers (1911-1913). Childbirth: A Matter of Life and Death
and Duty. Jewish in the South: "In Dixie Land I'll Take My Stand"
Ch. 3. At "Home," at War, the Roaring Twenties-and Alice (1913-1925). A Hospital Delivery. Reading and Reality: A Life from the Pages of Many Books
Ch. 4. Pioneering in Miami (1925-1929)
Ch. 5. Like Not Eating Ham (1930-1934). "My Constant Physical Weakness and Low Vitality" Cermak and the Dastardly Zangara: Some Questions and Answers
Ch. 6. A War to Hate, a Grandson to Love (1934-1946)
Epilogue / Marcus D. Rosenbaum
App. A. Excerpts from The Sexual Life
App. B. Books I Have Read
App. C. Some Medical Detective Work: A Roundtable Discussion
App. D. The Truth about Grandma