Vol . 1 Women’s silence in ‘ the Life of a Worker in her Homeland ’ ( 1935 ) by Henya Pekelman Talia Pfefferman . the absence of ‘ voice’ , that is , silence , is characteristic of women’s history silence was typically construed as an expression of passivity , obedience , lack of knowledge , and the starting point from where women regained their social . and political voices the article analyzes an autobiography published in Palestine in 1935 by a Zionist pioneer laborer who emigrated from Europe in 1921 . the autobiography serves as an extraordinary historical and descriptive source of the daily life of pioneer women in the 1920 s , and reveals how women who came to Eretz-Israel with high ideals , a strong sense of self-awareness , and belief in gender equality ( that is , they arrived ‘ with a voice’ ) ultimately adopted self-imposed silence as they came up against the social , political and . gender realities of the Yishuv The dialectic reflected in this particular life story emphas...
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