Melissa R. Klapper je profesorkou histórie a riaditeľkou štúdií žien a genderu na Rowan University. Jej práca sa zameriava na americké židovské dejiny, najmä na skúsenosti žien a dievčat v tomto prostredí. Klapper skúma, ako sa kultúrne identity a spoločenské normy prelínajú v živote amerických židovských žien v priebehu 20. storočia. Jej výskum poskytuje cenný vhľad do formovania ženskej role a židovskej komunity v americkom kontexte.
A pathbreaking social history that takes seriously the experiences of the countless everyday people who pursued recreational ballet, Ballet Class: An American History explores the growth of this now quintessential extracurricular activity as it became an integral part of American childhood across borders of gender, class, race, and sexuality.
Considering one of the largely neglected groups in immigration history, Small Strangers recounts and interprets the varied experiences of immigrant children to illustrate how immigration, urbanization, and industrialization-all related processes-molded modern America.