and institutional charitable endeavors. Weizmann House As first lady, Weizmann had the interior of the house built for the couple at Weizmann Institute redesigned. All of the furniture and art was original, mostly imported from England and France. Published work The Impossible Takes Longer: The Memoirs of Vera Weizmann References External links VERA WEIZMANN 1881 – 1966 by Esther Carmel-Hakim 1881 births 1966 deaths British emigrants to Israel British Jews British people of Russian-Jewish descent British paediatricians Women pediatricians Emigrants from the Russian Empire to the United Kingdom Israeli Jews Israeli people of British-Jewish descent Israeli people of Russian-Jewish descent Israeli rehabilitation physicians People from Rostov Russian Jews Spouses of presidents of Israel British women medical doctors Israeli women physicians Zionist activists Vera Women's International Zionist Organization politicians