TY - JOUR
TI - “Childhood Left the Brightest Memories”: Early Years Described in the Autobiographies of Jewish Female Students in the Early 20th Century
AU - Drach, Oksana
TI - “Childhood Left the Brightest Memories”: Early Years Described in the Autobiographies of Jewish Female Students in the Early 20th Century
AB - The article presents the childhood years of Jewish female students of the medical department of the Kyiv Higher Courses for Women, as described in their own autobiographies. The study of their autobiographical images of childhood reveals transformations in the relationships between parents and daughters in Jewish families in the modern period, the variability of the home upbringing of girls, and the obligatory component of their education. The admission of daughters to the educational institutions determined by their parents symbolized the end of childhood.
The article presents the childhood years of Jewish female students of the medical department of the Kyiv Higher Courses for Women, as described in their own autobiographies. The study of their autobiographical images of childhood reveals transformations in the relationships between parents and daughters in Jewish families in the modern period, the variability of the home upbringing of girls, and the obligatory component of their education. The admission of daughters to the educational institutions determined by their parents symbolized the end of childhood.
VL - 2021
IS - Volume 19
PY - 2023
SN - 1733-5760
C1 - 2084-3925
SP - 43
EP - 64
DO - 10.4467/20843925SJ.21.004.16413
UR - https://ejournals.eu/czasopismo/scripta-judaica-cracoviensia/artykul/childhood-left-the-brightest-memories-early-years-described-in-the-autobiographies-of-jewish-female-students-in-the-early-20th-century
KW - Jewish female students
KW - daughters
KW - Jewish childhood
KW - home schooling
KW - autobiography