How CHW Influenced Women’s Role in Agriculture Below is an informative timeline showing the history of women’s Zionist organizations in relation to agricultural training for women in the early 1900s. From Esther Carmel-Hakim’s book, “Chana Maisel: Agricultural Training for Women,” this timeline shows how CHW’s involvement in Israel helped shape the role of women in the agricultural field. CHW’s first President, Lillian Freiman, envisioned a plan for CHW that included agricultural training for women in Israel. Established in 1923 (originally as a school for women), not only was Nahalal Children and Youth Village CHW’s first project in Israel, it was an agricultural school for girls, which was unheard of at the time. Agriculture was traditionally thought of as being a male occupation, due to the hard labour involved. Therefore, Nahalal played a historic role in both the State of Israel and the history of CHW as a Canadian women’s Zionist organization.
*Professor Esther Carmel-Hakim will speak to the CHW “Celecation”Trip attendees in October, 2017, in Tel Aviv.* 28
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