AFTER I SAID NO

Winner of the Association of Jewish Libraries Manuscript Competition

Perele arrives in New York at the age of fourteen, escaping the persecution and anti-semitism of tsarist Russia. After refusing an arranged marriage, she moves into a squalid boarding house and works in a sweatshop, where she becomes involved with the growing garment workers movement.

Winner of the Association of Jewish Libraries Manuscript Competition

Perele arrives in New York at the age of fourteen, escaping the persecution and anti-semitism of tsarist Russia. After refusing an arranged marriage, she moves into a squalid boarding house and works in a sweatshop, where she becomes involved with the growing garment workers movement.