Funeral services for Dr. Sara Feder-Keyfitz, former president of the Pioneer Women and a prominent sociologist and advocate of women’s fights, will be held tomorrow in Jerusalem. She died yesterday in Jerusalem at the age of 80. Dr. Feder-Keyfitz, who immigrated to Israel in 1970 from the United States, was the founder there of the Adult Education Association which operates an innovative continuing education school with courses in the English Language. She was born in Russia and came to the U.S. as a child.
A holder of doctorates from bath Columbia University and the University of Chicago, she joined Pioneer Women while still at Columbia and was one of its earliest members. She served as national president from 1951 to 1955 and later continued to be active on the national level. After her aliya, she was active in Naamot, Pioneer Women’s sister organization in Israel.
Feder-Keyfitz helped introduce the celebration of Yom Haatzmaut, Israel’s Independence Day, in the diaspora with her 1963 booklet, “Yom Haatzmaut; A Family Celebration” which is still being distributed by Pioneer Women.
A member of the sociology department at both Columbia University and the University of Missouri, Feder-Keyfitz was the author of numerous books and articles in her field. She was a delegate to White House conferences and served on top level governmental commissions on the status of women, equal opportunity, and equal pay for women.
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