Summary
A Jerusalem women’s organization established in 1929, whose members, in Chapter 8 of Palestine: A Socialist Introduction, were active participants in political protests, provided shelter and medical aid to fighters, and pioneered raising social awareness of the importance of women’s liberation (Palestine: A Socialist Introduction, lines 1555-1570).
Details
- It is treated as part of a continuous history of Palestinian women’s organizing that predates the Nakba, alongside the General Union of Palestinian Women (founded 1965) and the Palestinian Women’s Work Committees (late 1970s) (lines 1555-1570).
Related pages
Palestine: A Socialist Introduction, General Union of Palestinian Women, Nada Elia