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Meir, Golda, l898-1978

Milwaukee resident who became prime minster of Israel; emigrated to Wisconsin in 1907 and from an early age she became interested in a Palestine homeland. With her husband Morris Meyerson she moved to Palestine in 1921, became active in the Palestine labor movement, sided with David Ben-Gurion¿s activist party for the establishment of a Jewish homeland, and was Prime Minister of Israel in 1969-1974.

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[Source: Wisconsin Women, a Gifted Heritage. (American Association of University Women, 1982)Wisconsin Women, a Gifted Heritage. American Association of University Women, 1982.]