ROKHL
LINOV (RACHEL LEENOV) (December 1889-August 27, 1957)
She was born in Horki (Gorki),
Byelorussia, into a working-class family.
She attended a Russian public school and a Russian high school. For a time she lived in Vitebsk, where she
worked as a teacher and was active in the Zionist youth movement. In 1914 she moved to the United States where
she worked in a sweatshop in New York.
In 1921 she settled in Washington, where she was active in the Women
Pioneers. She published poetry in a variety
of journals. After her death a committee
of her friends brought out her book: Lirishe
klangen, lider (Lyrical sounds, poems) (Washington, 1958), 158 pp. She died in Washington.
Source:
Y. Freylikhov, introduction to Lirishe
klangen, lider (Lyrical sounds, poems) (Washington, 1958).
Benyomen Elis
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