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Ethel Rosenberg : beyond the myths / by Ilene Philipson.

By:

Philipson, Ilene J, 1950- [author, author of introduction]

Contributor(s):

Lyons, Paul [contributor]

Material type: Text

0531150577
9780813519173
0813519179

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

364.1/31/0924 B 19

LOC classification:

HX 84 .R578 P46 1988

Online resources:

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Contents:

Introduction : An unexceptional life --

Ethel Greenglass : 1915-1939. Chapter one : Beginnings -- Chapter two : A gathering of fantasies -- Chapter three : From art to politics -- Chapter four : Strike! -- Chapter five : "Il bacio" and the revolution -- Chapter six : Julius Rosenberg -- Chapter seven : Love, at last --

Ethel Rosenberg : 1939-1950. -- Chapter eight : The wall that shield -- Chapter nine : Settling down -- Chapter ten : The perfect mother -- Chapter eleven : Hard times -- Chapter twelve : "She wasn't part of us" -- Chapter thirteen : Witch-hunt -- Chapter fourteen : Something Happened --

Saint Joan : 1950-1953. Chapter fifteen : "You're gonna burn with your husband" -- Chapter sixteen : Just one more blow -- Chapter seventeen : "Courage, confidence, and perspective" -- Chapter eighteen : The verdict and sentence -- Chapter nineteen : Sacrifice -- Chapter twenty : The valiant.

Summary: "Ilene Philipson's biography of Ethel Rosenberg, only the second woman in U.S. history to be executed for treason" -- From online.Summary: "For almost forty years the argument has rages over whether Ethel Rosenberg was a martyr framed by illegal manipulation of evidence or an atomic spy responsible for the gravest threat ever to the freedom and security of the United States of America. From the time of her arrest until today her case has been argued and re-argued most passionately in the courts of national and international opinion. But on what evidence? 'Ethel Rosenberg' is the first objective look at the daughter, sister wife, and mother who has been the spark for the ignition of these flames of passion. The work is centered on the most recently released material from the government's files on the Rosenbergs and has been supplemented by interviews with friends, foes, family members, and Mrs. Rosenberg's psychiatrist, as well as a study of her unpublished prison correspondence. As a young woman Ethel was a talented performer. Ironically, her life ended with her as the main attraction for a worldwide audience. But this book is not a look at either the 'heroic' or 'treacherous' Ethel Greenglass Rosenberg. It is a study of one person who had extreme difficulty with her mother and father. It is a study of how much her husband, Julius, and children, Robert and Michael meant to her. Most importantly, it is a study of a woman who outgrew the life of a depression era immigrant community. Sadly, it is finally a study of a mother, devoted to her children, who for reasons of conscience left them orphaned..." -- From the dust jacket.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Vol info	Status	Notes	Date due	Barcode
BOOKS	Niebyl-Proctor Marxist Library General Stacks	HX 84 .R578 P46 1988 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	RFL	Not For Loan Damaged	some writing in book.		NPML22030001

This book is signed with a dedication from the author.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [357]-383) and index.

Introduction : An unexceptional life --

"Ilene Philipson's biography of Ethel Rosenberg, only the second woman in U.S. history to be executed for treason" -- From online.

"For almost forty years the argument has rages over whether Ethel Rosenberg was a martyr framed by illegal manipulation of evidence or an atomic spy responsible for the gravest threat ever to the freedom and security of the United States of America. From the time of her arrest until today her case has been argued and re-argued most passionately in the courts of national and international opinion. But on what evidence? 'Ethel Rosenberg' is the first objective look at the daughter, sister wife, and mother who has been the spark for the ignition of these flames of passion. The work is centered on the most recently released material from the government's files on the Rosenbergs and has been supplemented by interviews with friends, foes, family members, and Mrs. Rosenberg's psychiatrist, as well as a study of her unpublished prison correspondence. As a young woman Ethel was a talented performer. Ironically, her life ended with her as the main attraction for a worldwide audience. But this book is not a look at either the 'heroic' or 'treacherous' Ethel Greenglass Rosenberg. It is a study of one person who had extreme difficulty with her mother and father. It is a study of how much her husband, Julius, and children, Robert and Michael meant to her. Most importantly, it is a study of a woman who outgrew the life of a depression era immigrant community. Sadly, it is finally a study of a mother, devoted to her children, who for reasons of conscience left them orphaned..." -- From the dust jacket.

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