This is my blog. About poetry and people who inspire. That stand for something beautiful.
This month’s portrait:
Golda Meir
Golda Meir
May 03, 1898 – Dec 08, 1978 (age 80)
Famous quotes:
Not being beautiful was the true blessing… Not being beautiful forced me to develop my inner resources. The pretty girl has a handicap to overcome.
Being seventy is not a sin.
I must govern the clock, not be governed by it.
1913: In 1913 she had begun dating Morris Meyerson (Myerson).
1917: When Golda and Morris married in 1917, settling in Palestine was her precondition for the marriage.
1956: In 1956, she became Foreign Minister under Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion.
1967: Meir maintained the national unity government formed in 1967, after the Six-Day War, in which Mapai merged with two other parties (Rafi and Ahdut HaAvoda) to form the Israeli Labor party.
1969: Meir was elected Prime Minister of Israel on March 17, 1969, after serving as Minister of Labour and Foreign Minister.
1978: On December 8, 1978, Meir died of lymphatic cancer in Jerusalem at the age of 80.
LINKS:
- Prime Minister Golda Meir – Israeli Prime Minister’s Office.
- Golda Meir on the Knesset website
- Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
- Jewish Agency For Israel.
- Women’s International Center.
- The short film Golda Meir Interview (Reel 1 of 2) (1973) is available for free download at the Internet Archive
- The short film Golda Meir Interview (Reel 2 of 2) (1973) is available for free download at the Internet Archive
- Video Lecture on Golda Meir by Dr. Henry Abramson
- Golda Meir Personal Manuscripts