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Shulamith Canto

Shulamith Canto

After stowing away on a ship to Israel in 1919, Shulamith Cantor went on to serve as director of the Hadassah School of Nursing in Jerusalem and worked to develop the nursing profession in the Yishuv and during the early years of the State.

Institution: Nira Bartal.

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Jewish Women's Archive. "Shulamith Canto." (Viewed on November 21, 2025) <https://qa.jwa.org/media/cantor-shulamit-small-still-image>.