Download or read book The Making of the Jewish Middle Class written by Marion A. Kaplan and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1991 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the life of Jewish middle-class women in Wilhelmine Germany. Pp. 148-152, "Anti-Semitism in the University, " state that until about 1905 women students, discriminated against because of their sex, tended to show solidarity by forming organizations open to all, in contrast to the segregated male students' organizations. Russian Jewish women were especially despised, even by German Jewish male students. Pp. 182-185 describe discrimination against Jewish teachers, noting that their chances of employment were highly limited. See also the index under "Anti-Semitism."