Bovshover Eidla Mendelevna (1901)

Bovshover ( Bowschower) Eidla Mendelevna (born 26 February 1901, Riga – date of death unknown) – educator.

Eidla Bovshover was born into a petty-bourgeois family. In 1918, she graduated from the eight-year private girls’ gymnasium of the Latvian Educational Society and received the qualification to teach in pre-school and primary educational institutions. Beginning in 1919, she taught Latvian language, Latvian history, and geography at the school of the Riga Jewish Community located at 141 Lacplesa Street. From 1923, she taught at the 5th Municipal Jewish Primary School, and from 1 January 1935, at the 11th Municipal Jewish Primary School. In 1936, she received certification as a fully qualified primary school teacher. During the Holocaust, she is believed to have perished in prison.