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Biographies of Hadassah's National Presidents

The women who have led Hadassah are a dynamic group. They were leaders not just within Hadassah, but within the Jewish, Zionist, American, and women's communities as well. The following personal histories of each of our national presidents were edited from biographies developed by the Hadassah Speakers' Bureau and additional sources in the Hadassah Archives. The dates shown are the dates of their presidencies. You can view them online or print them out.

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Henrietta Szold

Henrietta Szold
1912-1921
1923-1926

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Alice Seligsberg

Alice Seligsberg
1921-1923

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Irma Lindheim

Irma Lindheim
1926-1928

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Zip Szold

Zip Szold
1928-1930

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Rose Jacobs

Rose Jacobs
1930-1932
1934-1937

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Rose Halprin

Rose Halprin
1932-1934
1947-1952

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Judith Epstein

Judith Epstein
1937-1939
1943-1947

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Tamar de Sola Pool

Tamar de Sola Pool
1939-1943

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Etta Rosensohn

Etta Rosensohn
1952-1953

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Rebecca Shulman

Rebecca Shulman
1953-1956

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Miriam Freund Rosenthal

Miriam Freund Rosenthal
1956-1960

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Lola Kramarsky

Lola Kramarsky
1960-1964

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Charlotte Jacobson

Charlotte Jacobson
1964-1968

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Faye Schenk

Faye Schenk
1968-1972

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Rose Matzkin

Rose Matzkin
1972-1976

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Bernice Tannenbaum

Bernice Tannenbaum
1976-1980

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Frieda Lewis

Frieda Lewis
1980-1984

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Ruth Popkin

Ruth Popkin
1984-1988

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Carmela Kalmanson

Carmela Kalmanson
1988-1991

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Deborah Kaplan

Deborah Kaplan
1991-1995

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Marlene Post

Marlene Post
1995-1999

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Bonnie Lipton

Bonnie Lipton
1999-2003

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June Walker

June Walker
2003-2007

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Nancy Falchuk

Nancy Falchuk
2007-2011



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