Miss Szold never cut herself off from the common person. In addition. she was devoted to the idea of cultivating an understanding between Arabs and Jews. Although she came from an educated and fairly affluent family. she never thought of immigrants as less than equals. She told her father when she was opening the night schools for immigrants in Baltimore that there was something to learn from every group or culture. She viewed her work then. and later with other immigrant groups in Palestine. as a learning experience. To Henrietta Szold. it was more important to learn about people and derive an understanding from various groups of people than for them to learn about her. Henrietta Szold was respected and admired as a humanitarian by many prominent people including Eleanor Roosevelt and Frances Perkins.
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