In Our Own Voices is a how-to guide for conducting life history interviews with American Jewish women. Designed for use by individuals, as well as community groups, the guide invites readers to become "makers of history" by using oral history to capture and preserve the stories of their mothers and grandmothers, teachers and colleagues, community members and friends.

In Our Own Voices features:

• a step-by-step guide for creating professional quality interviews


• ten frameworks for understanding the multiple and intersecting spheres of women's lives


• introductory essays by leading scholars of Jewish women's history


• hundreds of sample questions


• inspiring excerpts from JWA's oral history collections


• sample forms for all aspects of the interview process


• bibliographic resources on American Jewish women's history