In her autobiography she wrote: 'To me, being Jewish means and has always meant being proud to be part of a people that has maintained its distinct identity for more than 2,000 years, with all the pain and torment that has been inflicted upon it' The extraordinary memoir of a truly outstanding woman - and Israel's only female Prime Minister.
Always politically active, she became Israel's first envoy to Moscow was promoted to Foreign Minister and ultimately elected as Prime Minister, leader of Israel. She became a teacher, and after her marriage emigrated again to Palestine, settling on a kibbutz. The family emigrated to the US and for a while Meir lived with her sister, where she was exposed to debates on Zionism, women's suffrage, literature and socialism. Meir's earliest memory is of her father boarding up the front door in response to rumours of an imminent pogrom. Born in 1898 in Kyiv, she was the daughter of an impoverished carpenter - and became the first (and only) female Prime Minister of Israel. stimulating and fascinating' IRISH TIMES ' A rare and wholly unforgettable work' SATURDAY REVIEW WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY JULIA NEUBERGER Golda Meir was without doubt one of the most incredible women of her - and any - time.
A classic of 20th century history ' Simon Sebag Montefiore, author of JERUSALEM: THE BIOGRAPHY 'A remarkable, almost incredible personal history. A compelling political story of courage and struggle, power and leadership, war and crisis - and the making of Israel. 'The gripping memoir of a remarkable woman who rose to the top in a man's world.
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