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Anzia Yezierska—contemporary icon of feminism; her novel Bread Givers, a staple in American, ethnic, and women’s literature; her fiction, the subject of feminist sessions at literary conferences—would have been astounded at the critiques of her writing and the perspectives on her life.
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Avery, E. (2007). Between Two Worlds: Anzia Yezierska, Longing for the New: Bound to the Old. In: Avery, E. (eds) Modern Jewish Women Writers in America. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230604841_3
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