Olga Hankin

Olga Hankin
Olga Hankin in her youth
Born
Olga Belkind

January 9, 1852
Lahoysk, Minsk, Belarus
DiedApril 21, 1943
NationalityIsraeli
Occupation(s)Midwife, Zionist activist
Known forMajor land purchases for the World Zionist Organization
SpouseYehoshua Hankin

Olga Hankin (or Khankin, Hebrew: אוֹלְגָּה חַנְקִין, 9 January 1852 - 21 April 1943) was a feminist, professional midwife and Zionist activist who, together with her husband, Yehoshua Hankin, was responsible for most of the major land purchases of the Zionist Organization in Ottoman Palestine and Mandatory Palestine. While he became known as a prominent "redeemer of lands" (Hebrew) גואל האדמות she, too, was instrumental in this work.