Fanny Jabcovsky, better known as Fanny Edelman (27 February 1911 – 1 November 2011) was an Argentine politician who was part of the

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in defense of the

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. She was honorary president of the

Communist Party of Argentina The Communist Party of Argentina ( es, Partido Comunista de la Argentina, also simply known as "PC") is a communist party in Argentina. The party now forms part of the Frente de Todos, the ruling coalition supporting President Alberto Fern� ...

until the day of her death.

Biography

Fanny Jabcovsky was born in Córdoba to the immigrant family who fled the

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: her father Felipe came from Zgurița in

Bessarabia Bessarabia (; Gagauz: ''Besarabiya''; Romanian: ''Basarabia''; Ukrainian: ''Бессара́бія'') is a historical region in Eastern Europe, bounded by the Dniester river on the east and the Prut river on the west. About two thirds of Be ...

and mother from

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. Her family moved to Buenos Aires when she was 13. She worked in the textile industry and as a music teacher. Alejandro Rebossio
Fanny Edelman, el corazón del Partido Comunista argentino
''Elpais.com'', 3 November 2011 In 1934, repelled by the electoral fraud of General

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, she joined the

International Red Aid International Red Aid (also commonly known by its Russian acronym MOPR ( ru , МОПР, for: ''Междунаро́дная организа́ция по́мощи борца́м револю́ции'' - Mezhdunarodnaya organizatsiya pomoshchi bor ...

(Communist party). In 1936, she married the journalist and social activist Bernardo Edelman, and together they were mobilized by the Communist party in 1937 to engage in the Republican resistance in Valencia. This is when she adopted her husband's name and became Fanny Edelman. Bernardo was reporting for the ''Nueva España'' newspapers, while she was representing the interests of the

like providing materials to the Communist soldiers. After her brief time in the Spanish Civil War, she returned to Argentina in 1937. As a Communist leader, she supported all international battles led by the Party. In 1947, she worked for the creation of the Women's Union of Argentina. In 1972, she became general secretary of the

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. Fanny Edelman died on November 1, 2011, in Buenos Aires. She has a daughter, Lucy Edelman. Isidoro Gilbert
Murió Fanny Edelman, una histórica del PC
''Clarin.com'', 2 November 2011

Honours

* :

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, March 2011.

References

External links

Recuerdos de la Guerra Civil española. Entrevista
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