Hasya Drori

Israeli politician

1949–1951Mapai Personal detailsBorn1899
Gomel, Russian EmpireDied3 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

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 made aliyah 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]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Hasya Drori: Public Activity and Publications Knesset
^ Hasya Drori: Personal Details Knesset
^ 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