Golda Meir

This is my blog. About poetry and people who inspire. That stand for something beautiful.

 

This month’s portrait:

 

Golda Meir

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.
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