 Some of her particular interests are the way in which French Jewry changed from the Dreyfus Affair to the present, and how Eastern European Jewish women immigrants interacted with work outside the home.On the latter topic, Hyman is known for her works on Jewish women in New York as activists in events such as the kosher meat boycott in 1902 and the New York rent strike of 1907.Her interest in such activism finds its base in her growing up in the 1960s, an era known for its social changes including a widely-fought feminist movement.