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Golda Meir [nb 1] (née Mabovitch; 3 May 1898 – 8 December 1978) was an Israeli politician who served as the fourth prime minister of Israel from 1969 to 1974. She was Israel's first and only female head of government and the first in the Middle East.
Aug 16, 2024 · Golda Meir (born May 3, 1898, Kiev [Ukraine]—died December 8, 1978, Jerusalem) was an Israeli politician who helped found (1948) the State of Israel and later served as its fourth prime minister (1969–74). She was the first woman to hold the post.
Apr 2, 2014 · Who Was Golda Meir? Israeli politician Golda Meir and her family immigrated to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where she became an active Zionist. From the 1940s through the 1960s, Meir worked for the...
Aug 25, 2023 · How did Golda Meir rise from crushing poverty to become a world leader—one whose handling of the 1973 Yom Kippur War cemented her reputation as Israel’s “Iron Lady”?
Sep 12, 2023 · Who was Golda Meir? The popular and polarizing prime minister who led Israel during the Yom Kippur War gets the biopic treatment in Helen Mirren’s latest film.
Aug 24, 2023 · A new film explores how Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir navigated the 1973 Yom Kippur War. Before Golda Meir accepted the nomination for prime minister of Israel on March 7, 1969, she...
A direct, no-nonsense politician who participated in Israel’s governance from its independence onward, Golda Meir served as Israel’s first female Prime Minister through the turbulent period of the Yom Kippur War.