Birthday of Henrietta Szold, 1860

Posted by Jewish Original | Nov 16, 2023 | 2020 Posts, All Posts, Key Jewish Figures | 0

On This Day in Jewish History, December 21, 2020

#onthisday, 1860, Henrietta Szold is born in Baltimore, MD. Szold would grow up to create the first Zionist organization for women with the goal of helping improve the quality of life for all peoples then living in Ottoman-occupied Palestine.

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Sources:

https://jwa.org/womenofvalor/szold

https://jewishmuseummd.org/ms-38-the-henrietta-szold-and-bertha-szold-levin-papers/

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