Joyce Antler Explained

Joyce Antler
Birth Date:1942
Birth Place:Brooklyn, New York[1]
Alma Mater:Stony Brook University, PhD
Occupation:Author, professor, social and cultural historian
Employer:Brandeis University
Notable Works: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.[2] [3]

Antler founded Brandeis University's Women's and Gender Studies program,[4] and co-founded MIT's Graduate Consortium of Women Studies.[5] 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.

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.[6] Her next notable book, You Never Call! You Never Write!: A History of the Jewish Mother (2007), takes on stereotypes of Jewish mothers.[7] Her 2018 book, Jewish Radical Feminism: Voices from the Women's Liberation Movement, addresses the high rate of participation of Jewish women in the US women's liberation movement of the 1960s and 1970s;[8] it was also a finalist for the 2019 PROSE Awards from the Association of American Publishers.[9]

Apart from her academic prose, Antler has also written plays, including "Year One of the Empire," which was originally written and performed in 1973.[10] The play, written alongside Elinor Fuchs, returned to the stage in 2008.[11]

In the Fall of 2020, Antler delivered the Steinbaum Memorial Lecture at Boston's Temple Israel (Boston).[12] 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.[13]

Activism

In the 1970s, Joyce Antler's activism was crucial to the eventual repeal of New York's abortion ban,[14] three years before Roe v. Wade made abortion legal on a federal level (until June 2022 when Roe v. Wade was overturned).[15] [16] The change Antler helped with made New York the first state to allow abortions on demand. In the years that followed, she co-authored works on maternal health for publications including the Bulletin of the History of Medicine.[17] [18]

Notable works

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Notes and References

  1. https://www.haaretz.com/life/2018-12-08/ty-article/the-radical-jewish-feminists-and-why-they-never-spoke-of-their-jewish-identities/0000017f-f5a0-d318-afff-f7e3ef7d0000
  2. Web site: Research Portal . 2024-06-16 . scholarworks.brandeis.edu.
  3. Web site: Joyce Antler . 2024-06-16 . Jewish Women's Archive . en.
  4. Web site: 2022 . VFA PIONEER HISTORIES PROJECT: JOYCE ANTLER . 2024-06-18 . Veteran Feminists of America . en.
  5. Perry . Ruth . Antler . Joyce . Fall . Renee . Frader . Laura Levine . Green . Carol Hurd . Haber . Barbara . Jardine . Alice . Romero . Christiane Zehl . 1996 . Inventing a Feminist Institution in Boston: An Informal History of the Graduate Consortium in Women's Studies at Radcliffe College . NWSA Journal . 8 . 2 . 60–83 . 1040-0656.
  6. News: Shapiro . Susan . March 23, 1997 . Books in Brief: Nonfiction . https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/books/97/03/23/bib/970323.rv120550.html . 2018-04-08 . 2024-06-16 . The New York Times . en . 0362-4331.
  7. Web site: Martin . Michel . 2007 . You Never Call, You Never Write! . June 16, 2024 . NPR.
  8. Web site: Schwartz . Penny . 2018-12-07 . A history of the radical Jewish feminists and the one subject they never talked about . 2024-06-16 . Jewish Telegraphic Agency . en-US.
  9. Web site: 2019-01-16 . Association of American Publishers Announces Finalists for 2019 PROSE Awards - AAP . 2024-06-18 . en-US.
  10. News: Year One of The Empire; The Other Bostonians The Sovereign States, 1775-1783 America the not always beautiful The Decline Of American Gentility America . 2024-06-16 . The New York Times . en . 0362-4331.
  11. News: Hampton . Wilborn . 2008-03-07 . History Lessons, With Song and Dance . 2024-06-16 . The New York Times . en-US . 0362-4331.
  12. Web site: Naomi_Ribner . 2020-11-14 . Fall 2020 Steinbaum Lecture with Joyce Antler . 2024-06-16 . Temple Israel of Boston . en.
  13. Web site: Anita Hill, Joyce Antler '63 discuss Brandeis women who changed the world – The Brandeis Hoot . 2024-06-16 . brandeishoot.com.
  14. Web site: Malnik . Amanda Xinhui . January 19, 2022 . Looking to Joyce Antler's Writing on Reproductive Rights . 2024-06-16 . Jewish Women's Archive . en.
  15. Raucher . Michal . 2023-01-06 . Jews Who Have Had Abortions . Journal of Jewish Ethics . en . 9 . 1 . 141–147 . 10.5325/jjewiethi.9.1.0141 . 2334-1777.
  16. Web site: Antler . Joyce . 2021-04-05 . A "Bad Girl" on the Campaign for a Safe Abortion . 2024-06-16 . Lilith Magazine . en-US.
  17. 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 . 0007-5140.
  18. Web site: When Abortion Was a Crime . 2024-06-16 . publishing.cdlib.org.

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