Time_23Mar2020

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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