Table of Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1. Magdalena Dobromila Rettigova
Chapter 2. Bozena Nemcova
Chapter 3. Josefa NaprstovaOssip Schubin
Chapter 4. Betta Fanta
Chapter 5. Hermine Hanel
Chapter 6. Gisa Pickova-Saudkova
Chapter 7. Grete Fischer
Chapter 8. Milena Jesenska
Chapter 9. Milada Horakova
Chapter 10. Ruth Klinger
Chapter 11. Jirina Siklova

Bibliography
Index

About the Author

Wilma Abeles Iggers, born and raised in Czechoslovakia, has taught a number of foreign languages in the United States. Her publications include a book on Karl Kraus (1967) and on Bohemian Jews (1993). She is Professor Emerita at Canisius College, Buffalo, NY.

Reviews

"The richness of the material and its skilful assembly make this a very readable volume... revealing a wonderful range of perspective, from personal, intimate reflections to timely comments on the politics and society of both Prague and the Czech Republic of the era under study." Journal of the Society for the Anthropology of Europe