Hasya Drori (; 1899 – 3 June 1976) was an Israeli politician who served as a member of the

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for

Mapai Mapai (, an abbreviation for , ''Mifleget Poalei Eretz Yisrael'', ) was a Labor Zionist and democratic socialist political party in Israel, and was the dominant force in Israeli politics until its merger into the Israeli Labor Party in January ...

between 1949 and 1951.

Biography

Drori was born Hasya Kupfermintz in

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in the

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of the

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(now in

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), and was a member of the Youth of Zion and HeHalutz youth groups.Hasya Drori: Public Activity and Publications
Knesset She

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in 1922, and joined

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. In 1924 she was amongst the founders of moshav

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. She became a member of the Working Mothers Organisation, and also joined Mapai. In 1937 she travelled to the

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as an emissary for Mapai and the

Histadrut Histadrut, fully the New General Workers' Federation () and until 1994 the General Federation of Labour in the Land of Israel (, ''HaHistadrut HaKlalit shel HaOvdim B'Eretz Yisrael''), is Israel's national trade union center and represents the m ...

trade union. In 1949 she was elected to the first Knesset on the Mapai list and was known as a formidable feminist.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 However, she lost her seat in

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two years later. She later worked in immigrant absorption.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Drori, Hasya 1899 births 1976 deaths People from Gomel People from Gomelsky Uyezd Jews from the Russian Empire Belarusian Jews Soviet Jews Soviet emigrants to Mandatory Palestine Jews from Mandatory Palestine Israeli people of Belarusian-Jewish descent Mapai politicians Members of the 1st Knesset (1949–1951) Women members of the Knesset Israeli trade unionists Israeli feminists Jewish feminists 20th-century Israeli women politicians Jewish women politicians Immigrants of the Third Aliyah First women legislators