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Miriam Ben-Porat

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Miriam Ben-Porat · Civil Rights & Human Rights

What

Although Miriam Ben-Porat is perhaps best known as the first woman to be appointed an Israeli Supreme Court Justice, she also held many positions throughout her life, from state comptroller to professor and author.

When

26 April 1918

Biography

Miriam Ben-Porat is recognized among Israeli contributors to Civil Rights & Human Rights — Although Miriam Ben-Porat is perhaps best known as the first woman to be appointed an Israeli Supreme Court Justice, she also held many positions throughout her life, from state comptroller to professor and author.

How & why

Although Miriam Ben-Porat is perhaps best known as the first woman to be appointed an Israeli Supreme Court Justice, she also held many positions throughout her life, from state comptroller to professor and author. That is how the Shalvi/Hyman Encyclopedia of Jewish Women, the scholarly reference published by the Jewish Women's Archive, opens its entry on her, written by Galia Eliahou, and the entry is linked below.

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Source: Shalvi/Hyman Encyclopedia of Jewish Women (Jewish Women's Archive) — Galia Eliahou

Contributions & Sources

Although Miriam Ben-Porat is perhaps best known as the first woman to be appointed an Israeli Supreme Court Justice, she also held many positions throughout her life, from state comptroller to professor and author.

1918

Source: Shalvi/Hyman Encyclopedia of Jewish Women (Jewish Women's Archive) — Galia Eliahou