Bachelorette party for a pre-wedding party, "hen party" was used in the United States as a general term for an all-female gathering, usually held at a hostess's residence. In 1897, "The Deseret News" noted that a hen party was a "time honored idea that tea and chitchats, gossip smart hats, constitute the necessary adjuncts to these particular gatherings". In 1940 Eleanor Roosevelt was described as hosting a Christmas-time hen party for cabinet wives and "ladies of the press". The bachelorette party is consciously modeled after the centuries-old bachelor's party, which is itself historically a black tie dinner given by the bridegroom, or
Reshef Hen Reshef Hen Reshef Ari Hen (, born 28 May 1968) is a former Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Shinui and the Secular Faction between 2003 and 2006. Born in Haifa, Hen gained an LLB at the University of Essex and an MBA at the University of Haifa before working as an attorney. Between 1998 and 2003 he served on Haifa city council. For the 2003 Knesset elections he was placed 9th on the Shinui list, and entered the Knesset when the party won 15 seats. During his first term, he was a member of