title: [Dr. Sarah Ben Ami Solodar: a pioneer in the fight against malaria in the moshavot in the Upper Galilee].
abstract: Eretz Israel medical history considers Dr. Sarah Ben Ami Solodar, a pioneer in the fight against malaria, as the first woman doctor in the moshavot (villages) of the Upper Galilee. In spite of her undisputed place in the historical account, information about her is extremely meager and the historical sources, surveying the development of medicine in Eretz Israel, ignore her achievements. This article portrays this fine doctor, a young educated woman, a fervent Zionist who had immigrated from Odessa, her dream being to fulfill her commitment to Zionism by working as a doctor in Eretz Israel. The article aims to tell the story of her exciting life and describes her medical-educational activities in the health services in the moshavot of the Upper Galilee during the period 1913 to 1919, against the background of life in the moshavot during the final years of the Ottoman period. She fought malaria in Yesod Hama'alah and in Mishmar Hayarden under the guidance of Dr. Hillel Yaffe. She deserves to be remembered as the first woman doctor working in the Upper Galilee moshavot and as a pioneer in her field, who contributed to the development of the medical system in the country and in particular in the Upper Galilee, during the first years of settlement in Eretz Israel.
authors.affiliation: Kaye Academic College of Education, Beer Sheba. zipirubin@walla.com
authors.forename: Zipora
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Shehory-Rubin
mesh_terms: D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000266:history*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D007557:Israel; D008288:Malaria / Q000266:history / Q000517:prevention & control*; D010820:Physicians / Q000266:history*