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>> COINS WITH UKRAINIAN THEME >> ISRAEL >> G. Meir.  GOLDA MEIR (born Golda Mabovitz on 3 May 1898, died December 8, 1978, also known as Golda Myerson from 1917 – 1956), was one of the founders of the State of Israel.Meir served as the Minister of Labour, Foreign Minister, and then as the fourth Prime Minister of Israel from March 17, 1969, to June 3, 1974. She was the first (and, to date, only) female Prime Minister of Israel, and was the third female Prime Minister in the world. Meir was born in Kiev in the Russian Empire (today Ukraine), to Blume Naidtich and Moshe Mabovitz, a lumberman. Golda wrote in her autobiography that her earliest memories were of her father boarding up the front door in response to rumors of an imminent pogrom. Her father left for the United States in 1903; the rest of the family stayed in Pinsk. Golda's older sister Sheyna was engaged in Zionist-Revolutionary activity, which endangered her. The family followed Moshe to the United States in 1906. She also went to college and got a teaching degree. The family settled in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Golda Meir attended the Fourth Street School (now Golda Meir School) across from the Schlitz Brewing Complex from 1906 to 1912. When Golda was 14, she began attending North Division High School and took part-time jobs to pay expenses. Her mother suggested that she give up school for work and to marry. Golda rebelled and ran away to Denver, Colorado, where her older sister, Sheyna, was living. She stayed for about a year in a duplex at 1606 Julian Street. Golda attended North High School there and met Morris Meyerson, a sign painter, whom she would later marry. Upon her graduation from the Milwaukee State Normal School (a predecessor of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee), she taught in public schools. She formally joined the Labour Zionist Organization in 1915. Golda and Morris married in 1917 and began planning to make aliyah (emigration to the Land of Israel, then a part of the Ottoman Empire). The couple, together with Golda's elder sister Sheyna emigrated to Palestine in 1921. In 1921, Golda and her husband, Morris Myerson, emigrated to Palestine to help found a Jewish state. Golda and Morris wanted to join a kibbutz. By 1924, her husband had grown tired of the kibbutz life, and the couple left. They lived briefly in Tel Aviv, before settling in Jerusalem. There they had two children, son Menachem (1924) and daughter Sarah (1926). In 1928, Golda was elected secretary of the Women's Labour Council of Histadrut. Golda Meir was one of twenty-four people (and one of only two women) who signed the Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel on May 14, 1948. The following day, Israel was attacked by joint forces from Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, Transjordan, and Iraq. Golda was issued Israel's first passport and went to the United States to raise money for the fledgling nation. When she returned, she was assigned to be the first ambassador to the Soviet Union. She served there briefly, leaving in 1949. From 1949 to 1956, Meir was the Israeli Minister of Labor. In 1956, she became Foreign Minister under Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion. In the early 1960s, Meir was diagnosed with lymphoma, which she concealed, concerned that others might deem her unfit for service. She resigned from the Cabinet in 1965, citing illness and exhaustion from her years of service. At first, she returned to her modest life, but was soon called back into service. She served as Secretary General of the newly-created Alignment for eight months and retired again on August 1, 1968. After Levi Eshkol died suddenly on February 26, 1969, the party chose Meir to succeed him as Prime Minister. Meir came out of retirement to take office on March 17 and would serve as Prime Minister until 1974. When Meir took office, Israel was brimming with confidence, having won a decisive victory over the Arabs and capturing large areas of territory in the Six Day War. Nonetheless, Meir had to deal with the continuing Egyptian shelling of Israeli forces along the Suez Canal in the War of Attrition. On April 11, 1974, Golda Meir resigned as prime minister and was succeeded by Yitzhak Rabin on June 3, 1974. On December 8, 1978, Golda Meir died of cancer in Jerusalem at the age of 80. She was buried on Mount Herzl, in Jerusalem on December 12, 1978. en.wikipedia.org
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