נשים ביישוב ובציונות בראי המגדר: זהות אישית, מקצועית, מגדרית ולאומית ביומנה של מנוחה רדובילצקי, 1911-1912

Menucha Radoviletzki (1893–1942) immigrated to Eretz-Israel from the Ukraine during the Second Aliya. In 1910 she began working in a girls’ orphanage belonging to the Jewish-German philanthropic society ‘Haezra’, located in Jerusalem. Two diaries which she wrote between 1911 and 1912 were presented to the Jerusalem Municipal Archive by her son, Menachem Avisar. These notebooks are of great importance as they present a feminine point of view of the period. This historical source reveals both the personal world and emotions of the young educator, as well as her thought sand opinions on national and social topics. It therefore presents a unique viewpoint of a contemporary feminine voice, one which integrates the personal with the public. It is thus an additional source which reflects the meaningful contribution of the female citizens of the Jewish Yishuv to the building of the new society and the new educational system in Eretz-Israel. The article examines the ways in which Radoviletzki’s diary relates to the concepts of gender and women’s research that negate the separation between the private and the public spheres. It explores the personal, professional, national, and gender-relatedaspects revealed in the diary and the ways in which they enrich the historical and sociological research of the period.