Ilene Philipson's biography of Ethel Rosenberg, only the second woman in U.S. history to be executed for treason, is now available in paperback for the first time.
"Contributes to women's history and biography and to radical history, particularly to our understanding of family, gender relations, and feminine identity of women radicals. . . . Ilene Philipson has produced a fascinating book"--Nancy Chodorow
"Tells the story of Ethel . . . from a woman's point of view. . . . Philipson, whose literary style has the clean exactitude of a tracer bullet, has produced a heart-rending masterpiece. If you read only one book a year, make it this one."
--Florence King, Newsday
"[Ethel Rosenberg's] stoicism on the witness stand, her unflinching response to the guilty verdict and death sentence, and her seeming indifference to the ordeal of her two children shocked the nation. . . . Concerned with rehabilitating not only Ethel Rosenberg's name, but also her image, the author creates a moving portrait of a human and ordinary woman."--John Patrick Diggins, New York Times Book Review
Contributes to women's history and biography and to radical history, particularly to our understanding of family, gender relations, and feminine identity of women radicals. . . . Ilene Philipson has produced a fascinating book.
Tells the story of Ethel . . . from a woman's point of view. . . . Philipson, whose literary style has the clean exactitude of a tracer bullet, has produced a heart-rending masterpiece. If you read only one book a year, make it this one.
[Ethel Rosenberg's] stoicism on the witness stand, her unflinching response to the guilty verdict and death sentence, and her seeming indifference to the ordeal of her two children shocked the nation. . . . Concerned with rehabilitating not only Ethel Rosenberg's name, but also her image, the author creates a moving portrait of a human and ordinary woman.
Was Ethel Rosenberg really a tragic figure?' by Benjamin Ivry
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 Shields
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
Notes
Acknowledgments
Index
