| Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize |
| Year: | 1937 |
| Number: | 31 - 1 |
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Nominee:
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| Name: | Henrietta Szold |
| Gender: | F |
| Year, Birth: | 1860 |
| Year, Death: | 1945 |
| Profession: | Philanthropist |
| City: | Baltimore |
| State: | MD |
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |
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| Motivation: | Szold had established a home in Palestine for Jewish people, and after 1933 she helped numerous German Jews to a new life in Palestine.
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Nominator:
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| Name: | Royal S Copeland |
| Gender: | M |
| Profession: | Member of Congress (Senate) |
| City: | Washington, DC |
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |
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| Comments: |
Szold was the first woman elected to the World Zionist executive body. She founded Hadassah, the Womens Zionist Organization of America. |
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