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Vera WeizmannDr. Vera Weizmann was born in 1881 in the town of Rostov, Russia. She acquired her medical training in Geneva, Switzerland. Dr. Vera Weizmann married Dr. Chaim Weizmann in 1906, and they had two sons. The Weizmann family lived in Manchester, England for 30 years (1906-1937). In 1913, Vera received her English medical license and worked as a doctor in the public health service at seven clinics for infants, developing advanced techniques for infant supervision and nutrition. During her career, Vera Weizmann treated approximately 10,000 babies annually. Most of her work was performed as a volunteer. In 1916, Dr. Weizmann was forced to give up her work as pediatrician when she joined her husband, Chaim Weizmann, upon his appointment as the scientific adviser in chemistry to the British Admiralty during World War I. In the years that followed, Dr. Vera Weizmann devoted herself to promoting the Zionist vision and her husband's political activity. In 1920, together with six other women, Dr. Vera Weizmann set up WIZO, the Women's International Zionist Organization. She was the head of the organization, acting as President, alternately with Lady Sieff for about 40 years. When World War II began, she devoted all of her efforts to Aliyat Hanoar ("Youth Aliyah"), an organization that she established in England and continued to head in Israel as honorary President. In World War II, the Weizmann family lost its younger son Michael Weizmann, who served as a pilot in the British airforce and who was killed when his plane was shot down over the Bay of Biscay. During Israel's War of Independence, Dr. Vera Weizmann focused on the treatment and rehabilitation of wounded soldiers. Immediately after the war, she established the Association of the War of Independence Handicapped Veterans and served as its President. She also established two centers for the rehabilitation of wounded soldiers, Beit Kay in Nahariya and the Department of Rehabilitation at Sheba -Tel Hashomer Hospital. In addition to her activity in these organizations, Dr. Vera Weizmann gave her support to many voluntary organizations such as ILAN, Magen David Adom, for which she served as President, and dozens of other private and institutional charitable endeavors. Weizmann, Vera Weizmann, Vera Weizmann, Vera
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