28:
140:
112:
During the First World War, Sieff was active in charitable organizations that collected donations for the Jewish population of Poland (Charity Fund for Polish Jewry). In 1918 she was elected to the
Council of the English Zionist Federation, being one of only three women elected to that body directly,
124:
and Edith Eder and they were surprised by the poor living conditions and she decided that they needed a women's organisation and a college of domestic economy in
Jerusalem. Weizman was a doctor and she believed that the women were working too equally as they did not have the strength of men. Sieff
214:
The death of their son Daniel, who intended to be a scientist, at age 17 led Sieff – and with the financial support of his business partners and relatives by marriage, the Marks and Sacher families – to endow the 1934 creation, by
136:, Olga Alman, and Romana Goodman persuaded the English Zionist Federation that a separate organisation for women was required. Sieff was the first President of the new organisation.
97:
in 1890. Her parents were Hannah (born Cohen) and
Michael Marks. Her mother couldn't write when she was born and her father became a successful businessperson. He founded
156:
125:
had been brought up to expect men to take the lead but she believed that women could better support the family by improving their traditional roles.
148:
152:
129:
82:
194:
144:
27:
113:
and not as representatives of subordinate groups. In the same year she took part in founding the
Federation of Women Zionists (FWZ).
201:
360:
166:
In 1949, the Women's
International Zionist Organization moved its location to Israel and Sieff became its new president.
102:
345:
231:
in 1949 with the Sieff family's consent, it became Israel's premier research university in the natural sciences.
228:
350:
185:
109:. She studied English Literature and her husband was an economics student named Israel Moses Sieff.
106:
355:
81:(23 February 1890 – 8 January 1966) was a British Zionist who was one of the founders of the
340:
335:
8:
163:
In 1921, she was in
Carlsbad as a part of the British delegation to the WIZO conference.
117:
98:
288:
116:
She and her husband both separately visited
Palestine in preparation fulfilling the
262:
266:
216:
139:
254:
329:
133:
121:
143:
WIZO 1920 British delegation. Left to right: Miriam Marks, Miriam Sacher,
312:"Obituary: Lord Sieff – Joint architect of Marks and Spencer empire".
314:
173:
64:
220:
224:
94:
41:
261:, Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. ref:odnb/39092,
101:
in 1903. They all lived in
Manchester and Rebecca attended
169:
In 1956, her home was bombed and her gardener was killed.
176:
in 1966 just after her husband was made a life peer.
253:
Matthew, H. C. G.; Harrison, B., eds. (2004-09-23),
327:
252:
147:, Rebecca Sieff, Helena Weisberg, Lady Samuel,
255:"The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography"
219:, of the Daniel Sieff Research Institute in
259:The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
130:Women's International Zionist Organization
83:Women's International Zionist Organization
26:
128:She was involved in the formation of the
138:
328:
188:. They had three sons and a daughter:
179:
283:
281:
202:Marcus Sieff, Baron Sieff of Brimpton
305:
248:
246:
244:
13:
278:
14:
372:
241:
186:Israel Sieff (later Baron Sieff)
103:Manchester High School for Girls
318:. 15 February 1972. p. 14.
210:Judith Hannah Sieff (1921–1999)
1:
234:
229:Weizmann Institute of Science
7:
361:English emigrants to Israel
10:
377:
49:
34:
25:
18:
207:Daniel Sieff (1915–1932)
132:(WIZO), In 1919 she and
107:University of Manchester
120:. Sieff was there with
88:
346:People from Manchester
293:Jewish Women's Archive
267:10.1093/ref:odnb/39092
160:
184:In 1910, she married
142:
192:Michael David Sieff
180:Marriage and family
118:Balfour Declaration
99:Marks & Spencer
161:
93:Sieff was born in
79:Rebecca Doro Marks
75:Rebecca Dora Sieff
159:and Ethel Solomon
72:
71:
368:
351:British Zionists
320:
319:
309:
303:
302:
300:
299:
285:
276:
275:
274:
273:
250:
197:
157:Henrietta Irwell
105:followed by the
60:
58:
38:23 February 1890
30:
16:
15:
376:
375:
371:
370:
369:
367:
366:
365:
326:
325:
324:
323:
311:
310:
306:
297:
295:
289:"Rebecca Sieff"
287:
286:
279:
271:
269:
251:
242:
237:
223:in present-day
193:
182:
91:
68:
62:
56:
54:
45:
39:
21:
12:
11:
5:
374:
364:
363:
358:
353:
348:
343:
338:
322:
321:
304:
277:
239:
238:
236:
233:
227:. Renamed the
217:Chaim Weizmann
212:
211:
208:
205:
199:
181:
178:
172:Sieff died in
149:Romana Goodman
90:
87:
70:
69:
63:
61:(aged 75)
53:8 January 1966
51:
47:
46:
40:
36:
32:
31:
23:
22:
19:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
373:
362:
359:
357:
354:
352:
349:
347:
344:
342:
339:
337:
334:
333:
331:
317:
316:
308:
294:
290:
284:
282:
268:
264:
260:
256:
249:
247:
245:
240:
232:
230:
226:
222:
218:
209:
206:
203:
200:
196:
191:
190:
189:
187:
177:
175:
170:
167:
164:
158:
154:
153:Esther Feiwel
150:
146:
141:
137:
135:
134:Vera Weizmann
131:
126:
123:
122:Vera Weizmann
119:
114:
110:
108:
104:
100:
96:
86:
84:
80:
76:
66:
52:
48:
43:
37:
33:
29:
24:
20:Rebecca Sieff
17:
356:Sieff family
313:
307:
296:. Retrieved
292:
270:, retrieved
258:
213:
183:
171:
168:
165:
162:
127:
115:
111:
92:
78:
74:
73:
341:1966 deaths
336:1890 births
204:(1913–2001)
198:(1911–1987)
330:Categories
298:2023-03-01
272:2023-03-01
235:References
145:Edith Eder
57:1966-01-09
315:The Times
174:Tel Aviv
67:, Israel
65:Tel Aviv
221:Rehovot
55: (
225:Israel
95:Leeds
77:born
42:Leeds
89:Life
50:Died
44:, UK
35:Born
263:doi
195:CBE
332::
291:.
280:^
257:,
243:^
155:,
151:,
85:.
301:.
265::
59:)
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
.jpg)
