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Conservative Judaism in America: A Biographical Dictionary and Sourcebook. New York: Greenwood Press. 1988. ISBN   978-0313242052. OCLC   906507190.
  • Women Who Would Be Rabbis: A History of Women's Ordination, 1889–1985 . Boston: Beacon Press. 1999. ISBN   9780807036495. OCLC   604018015.
  • America's Jewish Women: A History from Colonial Times to Today. New York: W. W. Norton & Company. 2019. ISBN   9780393651232. OCLC   1037810222.
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    Pamela Nadell
    Pamela Nadell (Capitol Jewish Museum).png
    Born1951 (age 7273)
    NationalityAmerican
    Occupation(s)Historian, researcher, author, and lecturer
    Awards National Jewish Book Award (2019)
    Academic background
    Education Rutgers University (BA)
    Hebrew University
    Ohio State University (MA, PhD)
    Thesis The Journey to America by Steam: The Jews of Eastern Europe in Transition (1982)