Hasya Drori
Hasya Drori (Hebrew: חסיה דרורי, born Hasya Kupfermintz, 1899 – 3 June 1976) was an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Mapai between 1949 and 1951.
| Hasya Drori | |
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| Date of birth | 1899 |
| Place of birth | Gomel, Russian Empire |
| Year of aliyah | 1922 |
| Date of death | 3 June 1976 |
| Knessets | 1 |
| Faction represented in Knesset | |
| 1949–1951 | Mapai |
Biography
Born in Gomel, in the Mogilev Governorate of the Russian Empire (present-day Belarus), Drori was a member of the Youth of Zion and HeHalutz youth groups. She made aliyah to Mandatory 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 on the Knesset website