Time 23Mar2020

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Time March 16–23, 2020

Golda Meir
1956 | ISRAEL’S ESSENTIAL EMISSARY
Born in Kyiv and raised in Milwaukee, Golda Meir embraced the Zionist dream of a Jewish homeland, and proved
effective at promoting it. After she raised $50 million for Israel’s war of independence, founding Prime Minister David
Ben-Gurion wrote that Meir was the “Jewish woman who got the money which made the state possible.” Golda Meir
became Israel’s second Foreign Minister in 1956. Her election as Prime Minister 13 years later made her not only
the first woman to lead Israel, but also a role model in another liberation movement, farther west. ÑKarl Vick

‘MANY ACCUSE ME

OF CONDUCTING

PUBLIC AFFAIRS

WITH MY HEART

INSTEAD OF MY

HEAD. WELL,

WHAT IF I DO?’

1950s

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