The chapter discusses four communal women pioneer houses built in Haifa (1932), Tel Aviv (1936), Jerusalem (1942), and Netanya (1950). For the first time in pre-State Israel (Eretz Yisrael; Mandatory Palestine 1920–1948), single immigrant urban women were offered a modern residential solution that included in-house workshops to provide employment and a source of income. Two women’s organizations joined forces to build them: The socialist Women Workers’ Council and Women’s League for Israel (WLI), a small organization of Zionist New York women. Despite their diverse backgrounds, they created a community of interests that enhanced the lives of vulnerable urban women. The houses increased the visibility of women in the public sphere and provided the women’s organizations with much-needed public recognition. By joining a collective, single women received both financial and emotional support. A room of their own in the heart of the modern city helped them adjust to their new homeland and made them feel as though they had moved from the margins to the center

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Elsa Gidoni and Genia Averbuch: Architects for the Women Workers’ Council and WLI

  • Sigal Davidi

摘要

The chapter discusses four communal women pioneer houses built in Haifa (1932), Tel Aviv (1936), Jerusalem (1942), and Netanya (1950). For the first time in pre-State Israel (Eretz Yisrael; Mandatory Palestine 1920–1948), single immigrant urban women were offered a modern residential solution that included in-house workshops to provide employment and a source of income. Two women’s organizations joined forces to build them: The socialist Women Workers’ Council and Women’s League for Israel (WLI), a small organization of Zionist New York women. Despite their diverse backgrounds, they created a community of interests that enhanced the lives of vulnerable urban women. The houses increased the visibility of women in the public sphere and provided the women’s organizations with much-needed public recognition. By joining a collective, single women received both financial and emotional support. A room of their own in the heart of the modern city helped them adjust to their new homeland and made them feel as though they had moved from the margins to the center