Sarah Lishansky
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| Born | 1884 Malyn, Rivnens'ka oblast, Ukraine |
| Died | Aug 8 1924 Jerusalem, Israel |
Sarah Lishansky (1884–1924) was an Israeli nurse, born in Ukraine, who founded the first clinic of Clalit Health Services.
Biography
[edit]She was born in 1884[1] Malyn, in the Russian Empire (now in Ukraine).
Sarah Lishansky had three younger sisters: Rachel, Tamar, and Batya.[2] Rachel Golda Lishansky, known as Rachel Yanait Ben-Zvi, was the wife of Israel’s second president, Yitzhak Ben-Zvi. Batia Lishansky was an Israeli sculptor, a recipient of the Israel Prize for sculpture (1985), the Dizengoff Prize for sculpture (1944, 1957), and an honorary citizen of Tel Aviv (1983). Tamar was a physician.
In Ukraine, she received her education in a girls elementary school, where she studied Russian and arithmetic and also read classic Russian literature. Together with her friends, she founded an association called 'Mishanah' to support the poor.
From 1904 to 1906 Lishansky attended a course for nurses at the government hospital in Kiev. When her parents forced her into marriage at the age of sixteen, Right after the wedding, Sarah fled the house and did not return until morning, and from that moment on, she completely ignored the husband who had been imposed on her. After a few months, the man went his way, and years later, while she was studying in Kyiv, he gave her a divorce through her sister, Tamar.[3]
Lishansky was involved in the Poale Zion movement along with her sister Rachel, and also founded a Jewish school in the town. She was one of the first pioneer women in Israel.[4]
In Israel
[edit]Lishansky initially worked as a nurse at the Misgav Ladach Hospital in Jerusalem and later at the local government hospital.
Before the outbreak of World War I, she left Jerusalem and worked as a nurse in Karkur. When the Turks expelled the Jews from Tel Aviv-Jaffa in 1917, Lishansky’s parents moved to the moshav Tel Adashim in the Jezreel Valley. The residents of this community, who were members of Ha-Shomer, invited Lishansky to serve as their nurse.[5]
Later, she returned to live in Jerusalem, where she worked as a nurse at Clalit Health Services. She became an active member of the Ahdut HaAvoda party and was elected to the city council of Jewish Jerusalem, to the first assembly of elected officials, and to various councils.
Lishansky fell ill with cancer. In an attempt to recover, she traveled to Vienna and Berlin, where she healed. She returned to Eretz Israel and resumed her work, but the cancer reappeared. After several months of struggle, she passed away in Jerusalem.
A book was written about her titled האחות (HaOchot, meaning "The Nurse" in Hebrew).[6]
References
[edit]- ^ Grayzel, Solomon (1985). Jewish Book Annual. Jewish Book Council of the National Jewish Welfare Board. ISBN 9780914820147.
- ^ "Artist Batya Lishansky". awarewomenartists.
- ^ "Sarah Lishansky". Jewish Women's Archive.
- ^ "Pioneer Women and the History of Gender Equality in Israel". JSTOR.
- ^ "Sarah Lishansky activities in Israel". Geni.
- ^ האחות. מרכז קופת-חולים. 1957.