- Hasya Drori
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Hasya Drori Date of birth 1899 Place of birth Russian Empire Year of aliyah 1922 Date of death 3 June 1976 Knessets 1 Party Mapai Hasya Drori (Hebrew: חסיה דרורי, born Hasya Kupfermintz in 1899, died 3 June 1976) was an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Mapai between 1949 and 1951.
Biography
Born in the Russian Empire, Drori was a member of the Youth of Zion and HeHalutz youth groups. She made aliyah to Mandate Palestine in 1922, and joined Gdud HaAvoda. In 1924 she was amongst the founders of moshav Kfar Yehezkel. She became a member of the Working Mothers Organisation, and also joined Mapai. In 1937 she travelled to the United States as an emissary for Mapai and the Histadrut trade union.
In 1949 she was elected to the first Knesset on the Mapai list and was known as a formidable feminist.[1] However, she lost her seat in elections two years later. She later worked in immigrant absorption.
References
- ^ Lahav, P (2001) A "Jewish State . . . to Be Known as the State of Israel": Notes on Israeli Legal Historiography Law and History Review, Vol. 19, No. 2
External links
- Hasya Drori Knesset website
Categories:- 1899 births
- Jews in Ottoman and British Palestine
- Israeli trade unionists
- Members of the Knesset
- Israeli feminists
- Israeli women in politics
- 1976 deaths
- Russian and Soviet emigrants to Israel
- Mapai politicians
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