Rachel Yanait Ben-Zvi

Rachel Yanait Ben-Zvi
רחל ינאית בן-צבי
Ben-Zvi with her husband (centre) on a visit to Rehovot
Born
Golda Lishansky

May 1886
Malyn, Radomyslsky Uyezd, Kiev Governorate, Russian Empire (now Ukraine)
Died16 November 1979(1979-11-16) (aged 93)
NationalityIsraeli
Occupation(s)Author, educator
Known for
  • Labor Zionist
  • First Lady of Israel
AwardsIsrael Prize (1978)

Rachel Yanait Ben-Zvi (Hebrew: רחל ינאית בן-צבי‎; May 1886 – 16 November 1979) was an Israeli author and educator, and a leading Labor Zionist. Ben-Zvi was the wife of the second President of Israel, Yitzhak Ben-Zvi.

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