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Zip Szold

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1979

Zip Szold was the fourth president of the Hadassah Women's Zionist Organization of America, serving from 1928-1930.

Zip Falk Szold was born in Savannah, Georgia in 1888. She studied at Bryn Mawr College. She was married to Robert Szold, Henrietta Szold’s cousin and president of the Zionist Organization of America. Zip Szold's achievements during her time as Hadassah president included fundraising for the Hadassah Hospital on Mount Scopus in Jerusalem and working to increase awareness related to Palestine at the time. She also edited the Hadassah Newsletter and served as the United Nations chairwoman for the organization.

Szold died in 1979 in New York City.

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