Roza Pomerantz-Meltzer, (also
Rosa Pomerantz-Meltzer) (d. 1934) of Lvov, was the first woman elected to the
SejmThe Sejm is the lower house of the Polish parliament. Each member of Sejm is called Poseł.Before the 20th century, the term "Sejm" referred to the entire three-chamber Polish parliament, comprising the lower house , the upper house and the King. It was commonly termed a three-estate parliament...
, the Parliament of
PolandPoland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe . Poland is bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
. She was elected in 1919 as a member of a Zionist party.
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Roza Pomerantz-Meltzer, (also
Rosa Pomerantz-Meltzer) (d. 1934) of Lvov, was the first woman elected to the
SejmThe Sejm is the lower house of the Polish parliament. Each member of Sejm is called Poseł.Before the 20th century, the term "Sejm" referred to the entire three-chamber Polish parliament, comprising the lower house , the upper house and the King. It was commonly termed a three-estate parliament...
, the Parliament of
PolandPoland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe . Poland is bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
. She was elected in 1919 as a member of a Zionist party.
In 1908, Meltzer founded a Jewish women's organization with Zionist leanings in Lvov.