Rahel Straus
After marrying her childhood friend, the lawyer Elias Straus (1878–1933), she moved with him to Munich where she opened a medical practice and became an important figure in support of Zionism and the League of Jewish Women.She contributed articles to Jewish journals and edited Blätter des Jüdischen Frauenbundes für Frauenarbeit und Frauenbewegung.Their Munich home became a meeting point for the Jewish elite including Albert Einstein, Martin Buber and Judah Leon Magnes.After the establishment of the state of Israel, her efforts extended to training young female immigrants, distributing clothing to the needy and creating a workshop for rehabilitating handicapped women.In 1952 she helped to establish the Israeli branch of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, remaining an active honorary member for the rest of her life.