"Those who don't know how
to weep with their whole heart,
don't know how to laugh either."
Golda Meir was born May 3, 1898 in
Kiev, Ukraine and died December 8,
1978.
Golda was educated in the United
States and today the primary school
she attended is named after her.
After attending high school, Meir
went to the Teachers' Training College
in Milwaukee in 1917. She attained
her school-teacher's training over
the objections of her parents, who
felt that girls should be married, not
pursue a profession. Meir did both,
marrying Morris Myerson in 1917
(later she modified her name to Meir).
In 1921, they left for Palestine where
they joined a kibbutz (a communal
settlement) and were put in charge
of the chicken farm. However,
Golda's husband became ill, and the
couple decided to move to Tel Aviv.
The couple eventually moved to
Jerusalem where their two children
were born. In Jerusalem, Golda found
work as treasurer of the Office of
Public Works of the Histadruth, a
labour organization that included
kibbutz workers and that became
the most important economic
organization in the Israeli state.
Source: www.notablebiographies.com
'Meir' is an
adopted
Hebrew
name which
means
'to burn
brightly'.
Source: www.angelfire.com
She said it…
"There is a type of woman who does not let her
husband narrow her horizons."
"I must govern the clock, not be governed by it."
"Don't be humble... you're not that great."
"Let me tell you something that we Israelis have
against Moses. He took us 40 years through the desert
in order to bring us to the one spot in the Middle East
that has no oil!"
brimming with confidence, having humiliated the Arabs
in the 1967 war and captured large areas of territory.
She saw no need to seek compromise with the
Palestinians so long as Israel was secure. Her rigid
nationalism and blinkered view of the Arabs led her to
say once: "There are no Palestinians." w
w
In 1949, a year after the creation of the state, Golda Meir
was appointed Israel's first ambassador to Moscow.
She also won a seat in the first Knesset, remaining in
parliament until 1974. During that time she held several
ministerial posts and was active in Labour politics.
When Golda Meir became Prime Minister, Israel was
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