A Brief Note On Immigrating To America And Ruggles Of Red Gap

The mass immigration to the United States in the late 1800s to early 1900s, welcomed the idea of equal opportunity for Eastern European Jewish women, and demanded them to change their Jewish tradition. Under the traditional Eastern European Jewish society, education affected the role of the genders. While boys growing up learned to read Hebrew, to pray, to be leaders in the community. A girl learned to take care of her mother’s chores, learned about basic math, communication skills grow up to manage the house and make living to support her husband’s education. Her family sent her out to the US during the mass immigration, to earn enough income for her family not expecting a change in tradition. She reinforces her idea of her role in society and attached to the meaning of democratic society. Immigrating to America, Ruggles from “Ruggles of Red Gap”, like the women in Jewish society first experienced equality. Jewish women and Ruggle felt the significance of self worthiness after experiencing equal opportunity. Tradition eastern European

Many young singles immigrated to the US. Their youth made them less attached to the Jewish tradition, easier to adapt and willing to restart. Social movement like Jewish Feminism Movement in the mid 1900s, fights for gender equality drawn Jewish girls together. Social movements opened new education opportunity for Jewish women to open prayer services, making speeches, help women to open many positions that were once only open to men. In the Civil Rights Movement, Jewish women played important roles. These women choose to work in social justice movement. They worked as campus organizers, demonstrators, communications coordinators, human resource managers. They understand the struggles of not given equality because this new idea once contradicted with their Jewish tradition. Jew women are changing how they are viewed in society, realizing they are as equal to