During the summer of 1929, Setty Swartz Kuhn (1868–1952) and Rebecca Hourwich (1897–1987) began to plan a trip abroad.2 Both had traveled overseas before, but this was to be the trip of a lifetime for each of them. They hoped to go to Russia, Turkey, Greece, Syria, Palestine, and Egypt, an itinerary that would take several months and necessitate traveling by steamer, river barge, train, automobile, carriage, and mule. Sixty-year-old Kuhn, a Jewish woman from Cincinnati who was active in the League of Woman Voters and the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, enjoyed the personal and financial resources to turn her dream trip into reality, but she was leery of traveling alone for so long and could not convince any of her children to accompany her. An acquaintance suggested she contact Hourwich, a younger woman who had recently left her job with the National Woman’s Party. Hourwich was writing copy for an advertising agency but aspired to find more interesting work and to establish her journalism credentials by reporting from abroad. She also came with the distinct advantage of speaking Russian, a legacy of her Eastern European Jewish immigrant parents, which Kuhn felt was important for the Russian leg of the trip. Kuhn herself knew German and French, the languages bequeathed her by her German Jewish grandparents and her own formal education.3

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1929 年的大冒险：出国旅行对美国犹太妇女身份的影响

1929 年夏天，Setty Swartz Kuhn (1868–1952) 和 Rebecca Hourwich (1897–1987) 开始计划出国旅行。 2 两人之前都去过海外，但这对他们每个人来说都是一生难忘的旅行. 他们希望去俄罗斯、土耳其、希腊、叙利亚、巴勒斯坦和埃及，这个行程需要几个月的时间，需要乘坐轮船、内河驳船、火车、汽车、马车和骡子。60 岁的库恩是辛辛那提的一名犹太妇女，活跃于妇女选民联盟和国际妇女争取和平与自由联盟，享受着个人和经济资源将她的梦想之旅变为现实，但她对独自旅行这么久，无法说服她的任何一个孩子陪伴她。一位熟人建议她联系 Hourwich，一个年轻的女人，她最近离开了全国妇女党的工作。Hourwich 正在为一家广告公司撰写文案，但渴望找到更多有趣的工作，并通过来自国外的报道来建立自己的新闻资格。她还拥有会说俄语的独特优势，这是她东欧犹太移民父母的遗产，库恩认为这对这次俄罗斯之旅很重要。库恩本人通晓德语和法语，这些语言是她的德国犹太祖父母和她自己的正规教育传给她的。 3 她的东欧犹太移民父母的遗产，库恩认为这对俄罗斯之行很重要。库恩本人通晓德语和法语，这些语言是她的德国犹太祖父母和她自己的正规教育传给她的。 3 她的东欧犹太移民父母的遗产，库恩认为这对俄罗斯之行很重要。库恩本人通晓德语和法语，这些语言是她的德国犹太祖父母和她自己的正规教育传给她的。 3