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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1889|09|25}}
| birth_place = [[Tashkent]]
| birth_place = [[Tashkent]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1978|09|25|1889|09|25}}
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1978|08|22|1889|09|25}}
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| death_place = [[Jerusalem]]
| nationality = Israeli
| nationality = Israeli
| other_names =
| other_names = Helena Hauser
| occupation = physician
| occupation = physician
| known_for = [[Israel Prize]]
| known_for = [[Israel Prize]]
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'''Helena Kagan''' ({{lang-he|הלנה כגן}}; September 25, 1889, [[Tashkent]], [[Uzbekistan]] - September 25?, 1978, Jerusalem) was a physician, an Israeli pioneer in pediatrics, active in Jerusalem. She was responsible for the expansion of health care in [[Israel]]. Working under the auspices of the [[Hadassah]] organization, she gave treatment to generations of local children regardless of their parents' religious affiliation; she instructed both Jewish and Arab nurses. In her later years, Kagan worked as adviser to the [[Ministry of Health (Israel)|Ministry of Health]] while keeping the pediatric consulting work at home.
'''Helena Kagan''' ({{lang-he|הלנה כגן}}; September 25, 1889, [[Tashkent]], [[Uzbekistan]] - August 22, 1978, [[Jerusalem]]) was a physician, an Israeli pioneer in pediatrics, active in Jerusalem. She was responsible for the expansion of health care in [[Israel]]. Working under the auspices of the [[Hadassah]] organization, she gave treatment to generations of local children regardless of their parents' religious affiliation.


==Biography==
⚫
She was awarded the [[Israel Prize]] in 1975 for the special contribution to society and the state in community service.<ref>{{cite book |title=Women in medicine: an encyclopedia |last=Windsor |first=Laura Lynn |page=117 |year=2002 |publisher=[[ABC-CLIO]] |isbn=978-1-57607-392-6 }}</ref> The pediatric department of [[Bikur Holim Hospital]] and a community center in [[Katamonim]], Jerusalem, bear her name since 1962 <ref>http://jpress.org.il/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin_TAU.asp?From=Archive&Skin=TAUHe&BaseHref=MAR/1962/06/13&EntityId=Ar00822&ViewMode=HTML</ref> and 1968 respectively.
==Early years==
Helena Kagan was born in [[Tashkent]], [[Uzbekistan]],<ref name="keren">[http://www.kerenkagan.org.il/helena-kagan/ Who was Helena Kagan?]</ref> to Moshe and Miriam Kagan, a jewish couple from [[Riga]]. They also had one son, Noach.<ref name="jwa"/> When her father, an engineer, refused to convert to [[Christianity]], lost his job. However, her parents managed to pay the school tuition for Helena and her older brother, graduating in 1905<ref name="womeninmedicine">[https://books.google.co.il/books?id=QtZtkf35CF0C&pg=PA117&lpg=PA117&dq=Helena+Kagan&source=bl&ots=-RKvsRGlgW&sig=jW-nWOkWTLlV_cKJgZRCV9UZF4M&hl=es&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjF1L2x2P3OAhWMD8AKHXGKCLsQ6AEIUTAL#v=onepage&q=Helena%20Kagan&f=false Women in Medicine: An Encyclopedia]</ref>

Kagan studied piano at the [[Musikschule Konservatorium Bern]]<ref name="jwa"/> and Medicine at the [[University of Bern]],<ref name="womeninmedicine"/><ref name="jta"/> graduating in 1910, and specializing there as a [[paediatrician]].

==Life in Mandatory Palestine==
In the Spring of 1914, Kagan, moved to [[Jerusalem]]. Unable to obtain a license to practice medine, decided to open a clinic at her home, teaching young arab and jewish women to become nurses and midwives.<ref name="womeninmedicine"/>

In 1916, after playing a decisive role in containing a cholera epidemic, Kagan was granted an honorary license license and started to work at a small children's hospital, becoming the first [[paediatrician]] in the country<ref>[http://jmb.sagepub.com/content/16/3/144 Journal of Medical Biography]</ref> and the only female physician in the [[Ottoman Empire]],<ref name="keren"/> running the hospital as the head of its paediatrics wing until 1925.<ref name="womeninmedicine"/> After this, she started working in 1925 at the Infants Home for Arab Children in the [[Old City of Jerusalem]], where she served as medical director until 1948.<ref name="jta"/> Also, she was one of the founders of the ''Histadrut Nashim Ivriot'' (Hebrew Women's Organization), which became the local chapter of [[WIZO]].

Kagan established the Israel Pediatrics Association in 1927.<ref name="jta">[http://www.jta.org/1978/08/24/archive/helena-kagan-dies-at-88 Helena Kagan Dies at 88]</ref> In the same year, she opened a shelter for homeless children, and a health center in the [[Old City of Jerusalem]] for working mothers, <ref name="womeninmedicine"/> the precursor to those known today as ''Tipat Chalav''. In 1936, Kagan married Emil Hauser, a violinist who was a member of the [[Budapest String Quartet]] and founded the [[Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance|Palestine Conservatory of Music in Jerusalem]]. That same year, she established the pediatrics department of the [[Bikur Cholim Hospital]] in Jerusalem, which she headed until 1975. In 1947, she was elected member of the Board of Trustees of the [[Hebrew University]], becoming its vice-chairwoman in 1965.<ref name="jwa">[http://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/kagan-helena Helena Kagan]. [[Jewish Women's Archive]]</ref>

==After Independence==
⚫
She was awarded the [[Israel Prize]] in 1975<ref name="keren"/> for the special contribution to society and the state in community service.<ref>{{cite book |title=Women in medicine: an encyclopedia |last=Windsor |first=Laura Lynn |page=117 |year=2002 |publisher=[[ABC-CLIO]] |isbn=978-1-57607-392-6 }}</ref> The pediatric department of [[Bikur Holim Hospital]] and a community center in [[Katamonim]], Jerusalem, bear her name since 1962 <ref>http://jpress.org.il/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin_TAU.asp?From=Archive&Skin=TAUHe&BaseHref=MAR/1962/06/13&EntityId=Ar00822&ViewMode=HTML</ref> and 1968 respectively. In her later years, Kagan worked as adviser to the [[Ministry of Health (Israel)|Ministry of Health]] while keeping the pediatric consulting work at home.

==Death==
Kagan died childless on August 22, 1978.<ref name="jwa"/>


==See also==
==See also==

Revision as of 17:35, 7 September 2016

(not to be confused with Elena Kagan, a 1960 b. American jurist)
Helena S. Kagan
Dr. Helena S. Kagan (right) and her sister-in-law, Rachel (Cohen) Kagan (left)
Born(1889-09-25)September 25, 1889
Tashkent
DiedAugust 22, 1978(1978-08-22) (aged 88)
Jerusalem
NationalityIsraeli
Other namesHelena Hauser
Occupationphysician
Known forIsrael Prize

Helena Kagan (Hebrew: הלנה כגן; September 25, 1889, Tashkent, Uzbekistan - August 22, 1978, Jerusalem) was a physician, an Israeli pioneer in pediatrics, active in Jerusalem. She was responsible for the expansion of health care in Israel. Working under the auspices of the Hadassah organization, she gave treatment to generations of local children regardless of their parents' religious affiliation.

Biography

Early years

Helena Kagan was born in Tashkent, Uzbekistan,[1] to Moshe and Miriam Kagan, a jewish couple from Riga. They also had one son, Noach.[2] When her father, an engineer, refused to convert to Christianity, lost his job. However, her parents managed to pay the school tuition for Helena and her older brother, graduating in 1905[3]

Kagan studied piano at the Musikschule Konservatorium Bern[2] and Medicine at the University of Bern,[3][4] graduating in 1910, and specializing there as a paediatrician.

Life in Mandatory Palestine

In the Spring of 1914, Kagan, moved to Jerusalem. Unable to obtain a license to practice medine, decided to open a clinic at her home, teaching young arab and jewish women to become nurses and midwives.[3]

In 1916, after playing a decisive role in containing a cholera epidemic, Kagan was granted an honorary license license and started to work at a small children's hospital, becoming the first paediatrician in the country[5] and the only female physician in the Ottoman Empire,[1] running the hospital as the head of its paediatrics wing until 1925.[3] After this, she started working in 1925 at the Infants Home for Arab Children in the Old City of Jerusalem, where she served as medical director until 1948.[4] Also, she was one of the founders of the Histadrut Nashim Ivriot (Hebrew Women's Organization), which became the local chapter of WIZO.

Kagan established the Israel Pediatrics Association in 1927.[4] In the same year, she opened a shelter for homeless children, and a health center in the Old City of Jerusalem for working mothers, [3] the precursor to those known today as Tipat Chalav. In 1936, Kagan married Emil Hauser, a violinist who was a member of the Budapest String Quartet and founded the Palestine Conservatory of Music in Jerusalem. That same year, she established the pediatrics department of the Bikur Cholim Hospital in Jerusalem, which she headed until 1975. In 1947, she was elected member of the Board of Trustees of the Hebrew University, becoming its vice-chairwoman in 1965.[2]

After Independence

She was awarded the Israel Prize in 1975[1] for the special contribution to society and the state in community service.[6] The pediatric department of Bikur Holim Hospital and a community center in Katamonim, Jerusalem, bear her name since 1962 [7] and 1968 respectively. In her later years, Kagan worked as adviser to the Ministry of Health while keeping the pediatric consulting work at home.

Death

Kagan died childless on August 22, 1978.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Who was Helena Kagan?
  2. ^ a b c d Helena Kagan. Jewish Women's Archive
  3. ^ a b c d e Women in Medicine: An Encyclopedia
  4. ^ a b c Helena Kagan Dies at 88
  5. ^ Journal of Medical Biography
  6. ^ Windsor, Laura Lynn (2002). Women in medicine: an encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO. p. 117. ISBN 978-1-57607-392-6.
  7. ^ http://jpress.org.il/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin_TAU.asp?From=Archive&Skin=TAUHe&BaseHref=MAR/1962/06/13&EntityId=Ar00822&ViewMode=HTML


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