Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Education and Transformation -- Contours of the Russian-Jewish Encounter -- The Study of Women's Education -- Sources and Methods -- Structure -- Part I: Education -- 1. Education in an Era of Change -- Education Policy and Practice in Tsarist Russia -- Women's Education in Imperial Russia -- Jewish Education on the Eve of Change -- Traditional Education for Girls -- The Maskilim and Education -- 2. Unintended Consequences: The Emergence of Private Schools for Jewish Girls -- The Story of the First Private School for Jewish Girls -- The Establishment of the Government Jewish School System -- The Government Jewish School System for Girls -- Private Initiative -- Unintended Consequences -- 3. Enlightened Self-Interest: Teaching Jewish Girls in Tsarist Russia -- Educators: Aggregate -- Jewish Men Employed by the Russian Governmentin Jewish Communities -- Jewish Men Not Employed by the State -- Jewish Women -- Non-Jews -- Conclusion -- 4. For Wisdom Is Better than Pearls: Financing Jewish Girls' Education -- How to Fund a Private School? -- Tuition -- Communal Charity -- The Candle Tax -- The Society for the Spread of Enlightenment among the Jews of Russia -- Conclusion -- 5. Educating Jewish Daughers -- Numbers and Location -- Nomenclature and Level -- Academic Content -- Religion -- Judaic Textbooks -- Hebrew Language Instruction -- Russian -- Crafts -- Conclusion -- Part II: Transformation -- 6. The Wisdom of Women Builds Her House: Jewish School Girls -- Numbers -- Characteristics -- Case Study: The Berman School -- Life Paths -- 7. Who Can Find a Woman of Valor? Jewish Women's Education in Public Discourse -- Announcing the Schools -- Discussing the Schools -- The Schools and Their Detractors.

Who Can Find a Woman of Valor? -- 8. New Birds, New Wings: Educational Developments in the Jewish Community -- Educating the Poor -- Reforming the Heder -- Expanding Opportunities -- The End of the Beginning -- Conclusion: Rediscovering Private Schools for Jewish Girls -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- BackCover.