The Great Kosher Meat War of 1902: Immigrant Housewives and the Riots That Shook New York City by Scott D. Seligman

The Great Kosher Meat War of 1902: Immigrant Housewives and the Riots That Shook New York City

Scott D. Seligman

312 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction history race informative slow-paced
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In the wee hours of May 15, 1902, three thousand Jewish women quietly took up positions on the streets of Manhattan's Lower East Side. Convinced by the latest jump in the price of kosher meat that they were being gouged, they assembled in squads o...

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