Hana Meisel (; born 25 December 1883, died 1972) was a Jewish agronomist, feminist and Zionist leader.
Life
Meisel was born in
Grodno in the
Russian Empire (today Hrodna in
Belarus),
[Joan Comay, Lavinia Cohn-Sherbok, "Who's who in Jewish History" Routledge, 2002, , page 145] and immigrated to Palestine in 1909, during the
Second Aliyah, where she became a noted agronomist. Meisel was a founder of
Havat HaAlamot (, "the maidens' farm") agricultural school at
Kinneret Farm in 1911 (closed in 1917), and of the agricultural school for girls at
Nahalal (opened in 1929). She studied agriculture and natural science in
Odessa,
Switzerland and
France.
Meisel made considerable contributions to the feminist wing of the Zionist movement. She was a member of Poale Zion and was elected to the Assembly of Representatives.
She was married to Eliezer Shohat, also a well-known figure in the Zionist movement, much like his brother Israel Shochat.
Hana Meisel died at Nahalal in 1972.
In literature
Meisel is referenced in Shmuel Yosef Agnon's fictionalized travelogue of the
Second Aliyah HaGalilah (in English as "To the
Galilee"
), published in his posthumous volume
Pithei Devarim.
External links
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Esther Carmel-Hakim. "Hannah Maisel-Shohat". Jewish Women: A Comprehensive Historical Encyclopedia. 1 March 2009. Jewish Women's Archive. (Viewed on January 9, 2016) [1]
