| Dvora Netzer | |
|---|---|
| Date of birth | 1 May 1897 |
| Place of birth | Mena, Russian Empire |
| Year of aliyah | 1925 |
| Date of death | 4 January 1989 (aged 91) |
| Knessets | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 |
| Party | Alignment (1965-1968, 1969) |
| Former parties | Mapai (1949-1965) Labor Party (1968-1969) |
Dvora Netzer (Hebrew: דבורה נצר, born Dvora Nosovistzky on 1 May 1897, died 4 January 1989) was an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Mapai, the Labor Party and the Alignment between 1949 and 1969.
Born in Mena in the Russian Empire (today in Ukraine), Netzer was a member of HeHalutz and Youth of Zion youth movements, and later joined the Zionist Socialist Workers Party.
In 1925 she made aliyah to Mandate Palestine, where she worked as a teacher, becoming headmistress of a school for working youths, a job she held between 1925 and 1949.[1] In 1933 she founded the Working Mothers Organisation in Tel Aviv, serving as its secretary until 1967.[1] She was also a member of the Na'amat central committee and the Women Workers Council. [1]
A member of Ahdut HaAvoda and later Mapai, she was a member of Mapai's central committee. In 1949 she was elected to the first Knesset on the party's list. She was re-elected in 1951, 1955, 1959, 1961 and 1965. Between 1965 and 1969 she served as a Deputy Speaker of the Knesset.[2] She lost her seat in the 1969 elections.
Netzer died in 1989 and was buried in the Trumpeldor Cemetery in Tel Aviv.
|
|
Wikis
Map
Search
