10 Facts About Beba Idelson

Beba Idelson was a Zionist activist and Israeli politician.

Beba Idelson was born in Ekaterinoslav in the Russian Empire in 1895.

Between 1924 and 1926, Beba Idelson was active in the World Union of Socialist Zionists in Europe, and in 1926 they immigrated to the British Mandate of Palestine.

Yisrael worked for the party and became secretary of the workers of Petah Tikva while Beba Idelson worked in agriculture.

Beba Idelson was a delegate to the Jewish National Council and contacted many socialist leaders, arguably including Leon Trotsky in Mexico in October 1937.

Beba Idelson was the first woman to serve as a member of the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee and was a member of the Constitution, Law and Justice, Housing and wasand Labor Committees.

Beba Idelson promoted social reforms and women's equality and opposed the religious coercion.

Beba Idelson supported applying the mandatory draft to the IDF to women as well as men.

From 1968 to 1975, Beba Idelson was chairwoman of the World Movement of Pioneer Women.

Beba Idelson retired from the Council of Working Women in 1974 and died in 1975.