Joyce Antler
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| Born | 1942 |
| Alma mater | Stony Brook University, PhD |
| Occupation(s) | Author, professor, social and cultural historian |
| Employer | Brandeis University |
| Notable work | Jewish Radical Feminism, The Journey Home: How Jewish Women Shaped Modern America, and You Never Call! You Never Write! A History of the Jewish Mother |
| Website | https://www.joyceantler.com/ |
Joyce Antler (b. 1942) is an author and Professor Emerita of American Jewish History and Culture, and of Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies at Brandeis University; she retired from her teaching roles in 2016.[1][2] She is one of the founding board members of the Jewish Women's Archive in Brookline, Massachusetts, and was the Chair of its Academic Advisory Council for several years.[2]
Academic career
Antler's book, The Journey Home: Jewish Women and the American Century (1997), was described in The New York Times as a work which elucidates the struggles of sexism and antisemitism faced by a selection of Jewish women whose activism helped to shape American society and culture.[3] Her next notable book, You Never Call! You Never Write!: A History of the Jewish Mother (2007), takes on stereotypes of Jewish mothers.[4] Her 2018 book, Jewish Radical Feminism, addresses the high rate of participation of Jewish women in the US women's liberation movement of the 1960s and 1970s.[5]
Apart from her academic prose, Antler has also written plays, including "Year One of the Empire," which was originally written and performed in 1973.[6] The play, written alongside Elinor Fuchs, returned to the stage in 2008.[7]
In the Fall of 2020, Antler delivered the Steinbaum Memorial Lecture at Boston's Temple Israel (Boston).[8] In October 2023, Antler took part in a panel discussion alongside Anita Hill titled "Brandeis Women Who Changed the World"; both women have been professors in their respective fields at the institution for years.[9]
Activism
In the 1970s, Joyce Antler's activism was crucial to the eventual repeal of New York's abortion ban,[10] three years before Roe v. Wade made abortion legal on a federal level (until June 2022 when Roe v. Wade was overturned).[11][12] The change Antler helped with made New York the first state to allow abortions on demand.[2] In the years that followed, she co-authored works on maternal health for publications including the Bulletin of the History of Medicine.[13][14]
See also
References
- ^ "Research Portal". scholarworks.brandeis.edu. Retrieved 2024-06-16.
- ^ a b c "Joyce Antler". Jewish Women's Archive. Retrieved 2024-06-16.
- ^ "Books in Brief: Nonfiction". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-06-16.
- ^ Martin, Michel (2007). "You Never Call, You Never Write!". NPR. Retrieved June 16, 2024.
- ^ Schwartz, Penny (2018-12-07). "A history of the radical Jewish feminists and the one subject they never talked about". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. Retrieved 2024-06-16.
- ^ "Year One of The Empire; The Other Bostonians The Sovereign States, 1775-1783 America the not always beautiful The Decline Of American Gentility America". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-06-16.
- ^ Hampton, Wilborn (2008-03-07). "History Lessons, With Song and Dance". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-06-16.
- ^ Naomi_Ribner (2020-11-14). "Fall 2020 Steinbaum Lecture with Joyce Antler". Temple Israel of Boston. Retrieved 2024-06-16.
- ^ "Anita Hill, Joyce Antler '63 discuss Brandeis women who changed the world – The Brandeis Hoot". brandeishoot.com. Retrieved 2024-06-16.
- ^ Malnik, Amanda Xinhui (January 19, 2022). "Looking to Joyce Antler's Writing on Reproductive Rights". Jewish Women's Archive. Retrieved 2024-06-16.
- ^ Raucher, Michal (2023-01-06). "Jews Who Have Had Abortions". Journal of Jewish Ethics. 9 (1): 141–147. doi:10.5325/jjewiethi.9.1.0141. ISSN 2334-1777.
- ^ Antler, Joyce (2021-04-05). "A "Bad Girl" on the Campaign for a Safe Abortion". Lilith Magazine. Retrieved 2024-06-16.
- ^ Antler, Joyce; Fox, Daniel M. (1976). "The Movement Toward a Safe Maternity: Physician Accountability in New York City, 1915-1940". Bulletin of the History of Medicine. 50 (4): 569–595. ISSN 0007-5140.
- ^ "When Abortion Was a Crime". publishing.cdlib.org. Retrieved 2024-06-16.