Didsbury and South Manchester Women's Zionist Society
1932-1975
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Minutes, 1932 - 1975; subscription accounts, 1952 -1975; accounts, 1950 - 1976; monthly requisitions, 1958 -1973; Women's Emergency Appeal subscriptions and accounts, 1973-1974
Place:/South Manchester/Manchester/Lancashire/England
/Didsbury/Manchester/Lancashire/England
Title:
Didsbury and South Manchester Women's Zionist Society
Date of work:
1932-1975
Reference number:
GB127.M331
Level of description:
Fonds
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Custodial history:
In October 1909, the first national conference of Women Zionists took place in Manchester under the chairmanship of Nathan Laski's wife, Sarah, where it was decided that all groups working for the welfare of women and children in Palestine should affiliate. In 1918, Rebecca Sieff, the wife of Israel, called a meeting in her drawing room in her Didsbury home and the South Manchester Women's Zionist Society was established. This was one of twelve women's societies affiliated under a Ladies' Committee to the EZF, whose representatives met in London the same year to form the Federation of Women Zionists. Other leading members included Vera Weizmann, Miriam Sacher, Miriam Marks, and Marie Nahum. In July 1920, Rebecca Sieff convinced the international committee of Women Zionists to form the Women's International Zionist Organisation (WIZO), the chief vehicle through which women's Zionists activities have been channelled in Britain.
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Use restrictions:
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Record types:
Manchester Archives and Local Studies
Language:
English
Record number:
7193601