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Golda Meir
Golda Meir was the prime minister of Israel from 1969 to 1974. She was Israel's first and, to date, only female head of government.
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politics · Prime Minister of Israel from 1969 to 1974 · teacher · politician · librarian · also Golda Meir, Golda Mabovich, Golda Meyerson, Meir
Born 21 April 1898 · Died 8 December 1978 · Q42992
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2026· 4 entries
Mint: Quote of the day by Golda Meir: ‘Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with…’
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Public attention spiked: 4,821 Wikipedia readers in one day, 3.1× the usual 1,560, with 0 article edits.
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Public attention spiked: 7,686 Wikipedia readers in one day, 4.9× the usual 1,560, with 0 article edits.
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2025· 1 entry
Yahoo: Golda Meir's letter on Munich Massacre to be auctioned for $6,000
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2023· 4 entries
Newsweek: Did Biden Lie About Golda Meir Meeting? What We Know
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Jewish Telegraphic Agency: Golda Meir may be having a moment, yet her memory endures in a Midtown plaza
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Yahoo: What you should know about Golda Meir, the world leader who grew up in Milwaukee
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CNN: Helen Mirren transforms into influential Israeli prime minister Golda Meir in first trailer for ‘Golda’
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2022· 1 entry
Newsweek: Who Is Golda Meir? Biden Recalls Ukraine-Born, U.S.-Raised Ex-PM of Israel
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2019· 1 entry
Time created 89 new covers to celebrate women of the year starting from 1920; it chose her for 1956
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2017· 1 entry
Jewish Journal: The Golda Meir exchange, part 1: Has Israel been unfair to its first female prime minister?
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2005· 1 entry
Actress Lynn Cohen portrayed Meir in Steven Spielberg's film Munich
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2003· 1 entry
American Jewish actress Tovah Feldshuh portrayed her on Broadway in Golda's Balcony, Gibson's second play about Meir's life
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1985· 2 entries
Awarded Colorado Women's Hall of Fame (1985).
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Meir was inducted into the Colorado Women's Hall of Fame
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1978· 13 entries
Died 1978-12-08.
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“I don’t know why you use a fancy French word like détente when there’s a good English phrase for it — cold war.”
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Of lymphoma and was buried on Mount Herzl
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“Women’s Liberation is just a lot of foolishness. It’s the men who are discriminated against. They can’t bear children. And no one’s likely to do anything about that.”
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“This country exists as the fulfillment of a promise made by God Himself. It would be ridiculous to ask it to account for its legitimacy.”
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“We owe a responsibility not only to those who are in Israel but also to those generations that are no more, to those millions who have died within our lifetime, to Jews all over the world, and to generations of Jews to come. We hate war. We do not rejoice in victories. We rejoice when a new kind of cotton is grown, and when strawberries bloom in Israel.”
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“If we have to have a choice between dead and pitied, and being alive with a bad image, we'd rather be alive and have the bad image.”
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“It is true we have won all our wars, but we have paid for them. We don't want victories anymore.”
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“Any one who speaks in favor of bringing the Arab refugees back must also say how he expects to take the responsibility for it, if he is interested in the state of Israel. It is better that things are stated clearly and plainly: We shall not let this happen.”
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“No es la liberación del miedo, sino el equilibrio del miedo lo que ha hecho posible la supervivencia de nuestra civilización.”
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“El pesimismo es un lujo que un judío jamás puede permitirse.”
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“Pessimism is a luxury that a Jew can never allow himself.”
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“We have always said that in our war with the Arabs we had a secret weapon — no alternative. The Egyptians could run to Egypt, the Syrians into Syria. The only place we could run was into the sea, and before we did that we might as well fight.”
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1977· 1 entry
Anne Bancroft played Meir in William Gibson's Broadway play Golda
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1975· 3 entries
Awarded Israel Prize (1975).
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Meir published her autobiography, My Life, which became a New York Times Best Seller
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Meir was awarded the Israel Prize for her special contribution to society and the State of Israel
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1974· 3 entries
Meir was awarded the honor of World Mother by American Mothers
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Meir was awarded the James Madison Award for Distinguished Public Service by Princeton University's American Whig–Cliosophic Society
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Career landmark: Knesset member (1974–1974).
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1973· 3 entries
Hosted the chancellor of West Germany, Willy Brandt, in Israel
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Caught Israel off guard and inflicted severe early losses on the army
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Clashed with leader of Austria regarding Palestinian terrorist attacks against Jewish transit through Vienna
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1970· 1 entry
Career landmark: Minister of the Interior of Israel (1970–1970).
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1969· 6 entries
And the early 1970s, Meir met with many world leaders to promote her peace settlement idea, including Richard Nixon (1969), Nicolae Ceaușescu (1972) and Pope Paul VI (1973)
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Career landmark: Knesset member (1969–1974).
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“there was no such thing as Palestinians”
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Career landmark: Prime Minister of Israel (1969–1974).
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Meir assumed the role of prime minister following the death of Levi Eshkol
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Career landmark: Knesset member (1969–1969).
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1968· 1 entry
Career landmark: Knesset member (1968–1969).
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1967· 1 entry
After the Six-Day War, in which Mapai merged with two other parties (Rafi and Ahdut HaAvoda) to form the Israeli Labor Party
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1965· 1 entry
Career landmark: Knesset member (1965–1968).
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1962· 1 entry
When the White House quietly agreed to sell Hawk missiles to Israel
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1961· 2 entries
To assist in the training of women engaged in community work in the newly emerging states in Africa and Asia
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Career landmark: Knesset member (1961–1965).
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1959· 1 entry
Career landmark: Knesset member (1959–1961).
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1958· 1 entry
Shortly after the death of Pope Pius XII, Meir praised the late pope for assisting the Jewish people
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1956· 3 entries
After becoming Foreign Minister, she changed her surname from "Meyerson" to "Meir", meaning "illuminate", as her predecessor Moshe Sharett had all members of the foreign service take a Hebrew surname
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In 1956, after becoming Foreign Minister, she changed her surname from "Meyerson" to "Meir", meaning "illuminate", as her predecessor Moshe Sharett had all members of the foreign service take a Hebrew surname.
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Career landmark: Minister of Foreign Affairs, Israel (1956–1966).
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1955· 1 entry
Career landmark: Knesset member (1955–1959).
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1954· 1 entry
Sided with Ben-Gurion against Pinhas Lavon in the Lavon Affair
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1953· 1 entry
Assisted in an effort to eliminate the ma'abarot
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1951· 1 entry
Career landmark: Knesset member (1951–1955).
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1950· 1 entry
“s development and stated a price tag of $15 billion over the next 15 years. The Israeli government managed to secure a loan from the United States government and American Jews that secured 40% of the budget. The newly created Israel Bonds only provided a small amount, although years later they would contribute billions to the Israeli economy. Meir assisted in building over a hundred ma”
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1949· 3 entries
Career landmark: Labor Minister of Israel (1949–1956).
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And served as Labor Minister until 1956, when she was appointed Foreign Minister by Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion
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Career landmark: Knesset member (1949–1951).
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1948· 1 entry
Career landmark: ambassador of Israel to the Soviet Union (1948–1949).
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1947· 1 entry
Traveled to Cyprus to meet Jewish detainees of the Cyprus internment camps, who had been interned by the British after being caught trying to illegally enter Palestine, and persuade them to give priority to families
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1934· 2 entries
Was elevated to the executive committee of the trade union
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When Meir returned from the United States, she joined the executive committee of the Histadrut and moved up the ranks to become the head of its Political Department
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1928· 1 entry
Meir was elected secretary of Moetzet HaPoalot (Working Women's Council)
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1926· 1 entry
By Hanna Bisharat and later rented to British officers
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1924· 2 entries
The couple left the kibbutz and lived briefly in Tel Aviv before settling in Jerusalem
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And died on 14 December 2014 in Tel Aviv
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1921· 2 entries
After the conclusion of the war, the couple moved to Palestine, then part of the British Mandate, along with Meir's sister Sheyna, Sheyna's daughter, and Meir's childhood friend Regina
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Meir and her husband immigrated to Mandatory Palestine, settling in Merhavia, later becoming the kibbutz's representative to the Histadrut
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1917· 2 entries
And remained married until his death in Jerusalem on 25 May 1951
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Took a position at a Yiddish-speaking Folks Schule in Milwaukee
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1914· 1 entry
After disagreements with her sister, Golda left North High School, moved out of her sister's home, and found work
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1913· 1 entry
“To the extent that my own future convictions were shaped and given form ... those talk-filled nights in Denver played a considerable role.”
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1912· 1 entry
Meir began studying at North Division High School and worked part-time
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1905· 1 entry
Moshe moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in search of higher-paying work and found employment in the workshops of the local railroad yard
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1898· 1 entry
Born 1898-04-21.
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1893· 1 entry
Meir's husband Morris Meyerson (also "Myerson") was born on 17 December 1893 in Chicago, Illinois.
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