Henrietta Szold | |
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Born | Baltimore, Maryland, United States | December 21, 1860
Died | February 13, 1945 | (aged 84)
Known for | Founder of Hadassah, the Women's Zionist Organization of America |
Henrietta Szold (/zoʊld/ ZOHLD, Hungarian: [ˈsold]; December 21, 1860 – February 13, 1945) was an American-born Jewish Zionist leader and founder of Hadassah, the Women's Zionist Organization of America. In 1942, she co-founded Ihud, a political party in Mandatory Palestine dedicated to a binational solution.