Hadassah Ladies in the Holy Land: International Travel, Gender, and Jewish Activism During the Interwar Years

Melissa R. Klapper is Professor of History and Director of Women's & Gender Studies at Rowan University. Her current research explores Jewish identity and the travel experiences of American Jewish women between the end of the Civil War and the beginning of WWII.

Klapper received her PhD in history from Rutgers University. Her scholarship has been awarded grants and fellowships from the American Jewish Archives, the Hadassah-Brandeis Institute, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Schlesinger Library on the History of Women at Harvard University, and the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, among others.