From Library Journal Rivington Street follows the lives of four Jewish women on Manhattan's Lower East Side at the turn of the century as they encounter love， politics， and the working world. Union Square recounts the story of several women in the United States and Europe between the world wars. Originally released in 1982 and 1988， respectively， this duo is probably more for feminist readers. Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information， Inc. --This text refers to the Paperback edition. Book Description This sprawling historical novel follows the fortunes of four enterprising， courageous Jewish women on New York's Lower East Side. Hannah Levy masterminds her family's escape， despite her radical husband's objections， from czarist Russia after the Kishinev pogroms; elder daughter Sarah becomes a union organizer and a socialist while the younger Ruby rises to the top of the fashion design world; their friend Rachel abandons her ultra-Orthodox background to go to work for the Jewish Daily Forward. Through their lives， loves， and convictions， Meredith Tax draws the reader irresistibly into the explosive events that shaped women's possibilities in the early twentieth century. An absorbing， epic novel， Rivington Street is also suitable for use as a classroom text. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.