Wikipedia's first sentence called it “belarusian - israeli pathologist and scientist”. Today it says “belarusian-born pathologist and scientist in mandatory palestine”.
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Sophia Getzowa ( Hebrew : סופיה גצובה ; 10 January 1872 (O.S.) /23 January 1872 (N. S.) – 11(12) July 1946) was a Belarusian-born pathologist and scientist in Mandatory Palestine. She grew up in a Jewish shtetl in Belarus and during her medical studies at the University of Bern , she became engaged to Chaim Weizmann , who would become the first president of Israel. Together they worked in the Zionist movement . After a four-year romance, Weizmann broke off their engagement and Getzowa returned to her medical studies, graduating in 1904. She carried out widely cited research on the thyroid , identifying solid cell nests (SCN) in 1907. Because of her status as a Jew, a woman, and a foreigner, Getzowa's employment status was unstable. She worked through the 1920s in various locations in Switzerland and also briefly in Paris . In 1925, after a recommendation from Albert Einstein , she was hired to work as a pathologist in the yet to be created Hebrew University of Jerusalem , where she would become the first female professor in 1927. She collaborated with a wide range of European scientists over the remainder of her career, before her retirement in 1940.
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The opening as it stood in 2020
S.) - 11(12) July 1946) was a Belarusian - Israeli pathologist and scientist. She grew up in a Jewish shtetl in Belarus and during her medical studies at the University of Bern , she became engaged to Chaim Weizmann , who would become the first president of Israel. Together they worked in the Zionist movement . After a four year romance, Weizmann broke off their engagement and Getzowa returned to her medical studies, graduating in 1904. She carried out widely cited research on the thyroid , identifying solid cell nests (SCN) in 1907. Because of her status as a Jew, a woman, and a foreigner, Getzowa's employment status was unstable. She worked through the 1920s in various locations in Switzerland and also briefly in Paris . In 1925, after a recommendation from Albert Einstein , she was hired to work as a pathologist in the yet to be created Hebrew University of Jerusalem , where she would become the first female professor in 1927. She collaborated with a wide range of European scientists over the remainder of her career, before her retirement in 1940.
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
S.) - 11(12) July 1946) was a Belarusian-born pathologist and scientist in Mandatory Palestine. She grew up in a Jewish shtetl in Belarus and during her medical studies at the University of Bern , she became engaged to Chaim Weizmann , who would become the first president of Israel. Together they worked in the Zionist movement . After a four-year romance, Weizmann broke off their engagement and Getzowa returned to her medical studies, graduating in 1904. She carried out widely cited research on the thyroid , identifying solid cell nests (SCN) in 1907. Because of her status as a Jew, a woman, and a foreigner, Getzowa's employment status was unstable. She worked through the 1920s in various locations in Switzerland and also briefly in Paris . In 1925, after a recommendation from Albert Einstein , she was hired to work as a pathologist in the yet to be created Hebrew University of Jerusalem , where she would become the first female professor in 1927. She collaborated with a wide range of European scientists over the remainder of her career, before her retirement in 1940.
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belarusian - israeli pathologist and scientist
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belarusian-born pathologist and scientist in mandatory palestine
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