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Hasya Drori

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Hasya Drori
Faction represented in the Knesset
1949–1951Mapai
Personal details
Born1899
Gomel, Russian Empire
Died3 June 1976

Hasya Drori (Hebrew: חסיה דרורי, 1899 – 3 June 1976) was an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Mapai between 1949 and 1951.

Biography

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Drori was born Hasya Kupfermintz in Gomel in the Mogilev Governorate of the Russian Empire (now in Belarus), and was a member of the Youth of Zion and HeHalutz youth groups.[1] She emigrated to Mandatory Palestine in 1922,[2] and joined Gdud HaAvoda.[1] In 1924 she was amongst the founders of moshav Kfar Yehezkel.[1] 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.[1]

In 1949 she was elected to the first Knesset on the Mapai list and was known as a formidable feminist.[3] However, she lost her seat in elections two years later. She later worked in immigrant absorption.[1]

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