Bat Sheva Yonis-Guttman (January 1, 1880, Russia - July 9, 1947, Tel Aviv) was a
physician in Mandatory Palestine in what is now
Israel.
Gender in Israel - Abstracts
bgu.ac.il She was one of the first doctors, and the first female doctor in what is now Israel, and the first doctor in Gedera
Gedera, or less commonly known as Gdera ( he, גְּדֵרָה), is a town in the southern part of the Shfela region in the Central District of Israel founded in 1884. It is south of Rehovot.
In , it had a population of .
History
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and Tel Aviv
Bat Sheva Yonis-Guttman was a pioneer in the field of infant care and medicine in the Land of Israel. She was one of the founders of the Hebrew Medical Association, later the Israel Medical Association. She established the first milk drop station in Tel Aviv.
See also
* Sonia Belkind
Sonia Belkind (1858–1943) was a Jewish Palestinian physician of Russian origin. She is known as the first female physician in Palestine.
See also
* Bat Sheva Yonis-Guttman
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1880 births
1947 deaths
Jewish physicians
Emigrants from the Russian Empire to the Ottoman Empire
Jews from Mandatory Palestine
Burials at Trumpeldor Cemetery