Melissa R KlapperMelissa R. Klapper is Professor of History at Rowan University. She is the author of Jewish Girls Coming of Age in America, 1860-1920 (NYU Press, 2005), Ballots, Babies, and Banners of Peace: American Jewish Women's Activism, 1890-190 (NYU Press, 2014), and Small Strangers: The Experiences of Immigrant Children in the United States, 1880-1925 (Ivan R. Dee, Publisher, 2007). Read More Read Less