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Golda Meir (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.
Sep 12, 2023 · Golda Meir, who served as Israel’s prime minister during the Yom Kippur War, is seen here in 1948, the same year she signed the country’s Declaration of Independence.
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”?
Apr 2, 2014 · Golda Meir was best known as the fourth Prime Minister of Israel and the first woman to hold the title.
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.
Golda Meir served as Israel’s first female Prime Minister through the turbulent period of the Yom Kippur War. Meir’s passion for Labor Zionism drove her to make Aliyah and join a kibbutz in 1921. She became secretary of Histradut’s Mo’etzet ha-Po’alot, the Women Workers Council, and later head of Histradut’s political department.
Oct 5, 2023 · Israel’s Iron Lady: the real story of Golda Meir and the Yom Kippur War. New film Golda delves into Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir's handling of the 1973 Yom Kippur War. Nige Tassell.
