Born in Kiev, Ukraine 1898 Golda and her family moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1906 to escape programs running against Jews in Russia. Golda soon joined the Zionist Movement that supported the establishment of a Jewish homeland in Palestine. In 1921, together with her husband Morris Meyerson, they left for the British Mandated territory of Palestine which included the present-day State of Israel and the West Bank.
Gold was elected to the first Israeli Parliament as Minister of Labor and social insurance with the establishment of the state. In 1956, she was appointed foreign minister. In 1969, after the death of Prime Minister Levi Eshkol, she served the remaining term as the Prime Minister of Israel. In the same year, her party won the elections, which gave her a four-year term as prime minister.
This made her the first and only so far female Prime Minister in Israel and the 3rd in the world.
Golda had many accomplishments to her credit: she was one of the 24 signatories who signed the Israeli Declaration of Independence which established a separate State of Israel, she was known for her honesty and strong character. No wonder, she soon was nick names as the ‘Iron Lady’ of Israel.
She soon was nick names as the ‘Iron Lady’ of Israel.
Golda had many accomplishments to her credit: she was one of the 24 signatories who signed the Israeli Declaration of Independence which established a separate State of Israel, she was known for her honesty and strong character. No wonder, she soon was nick names as the ‘Iron Lady’ of Israeli politics.
She rose to greatness in her country’s hour of need.
Golda Meir
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