Hasya Drori

Hasya Drori (Hebrew: חסיה דרורי; 1899 – 3 June 1976) was an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Mapai between 1949 and 1951.

Hasya Drori
חסיה דרורי
Faction represented in the Knesset
1949–1951	Mapai
Personal details
Born	1899 (1899) Gomel, Russian Empire
Died	3 June 1976(1976-06-03) (aged 76–77)

Biography

Drori was born Hasya Kupfermintz in Gomel in the Mogilev Governorate of the Russian Empire (now in Belarus), and was a member of the Youth of Zion and HeHalutz youth groups.^[1] She emigrated to Mandatory Palestine in 1922,^[2] and joined Gdud HaAvoda.^[1] In 1924 she was amongst the founders of moshav Kfar Yehezkel.^[1] She became a member of the Working Mothers Organisation, and also joined Mapai. In 1937 she travelled to the United States as an emissary for Mapai and the Histadrut trade union.^[1]

In 1949 she was elected to the first Knesset on the Mapai list and was known as a formidable feminist.^[3] However, she lost her seat in elections two years later. She later worked in immigrant absorption.^[1]