Henrietta Szold

Henrietta Szold
Szold in 1940
Born	(1860-12-21)December 21, 1860 Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Died	February 13, 1945(1945-02-13) (aged 84) Jerusalem, Mandatory Palestine
Known for	Founder of Hadassah, the Women's Zionist Organization of America

Henrietta Szold (/zoʊld/ ZOHLD, Hungarian: [ˈsold]; December 21, 1860 – February 13, 1945) was an American-born Jewish Zionist leader and founder of Hadassah, the Women's Zionist Organization of America. In 1942, she co-founded Ihud, a political party in Mandatory Palestine dedicated to a binational solution.