My Life as a Radical Jewish Woman: Memoirs of a Zionist Feminist in Poland. . . vital to understanding this period of East European Jewish history. As Hyman promises, the memoir . . . read[s] like a novel. Russian Review In this striking autobiography Puah Rakovsky (1865 1955) tells of her experiences as a Jewish woman in late 19th and early 20th century Poland who broke with her traditional upbringing to become a professional educator, Zionist activist, and feminist leader. Her passionate account offers unprecedented entre