{"id":30,"date":"2013-12-05T16:48:35","date_gmt":"2013-12-05T16:48:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www5.milwaukee.k12.wi.us\/school\/goldameir\/?page_id=30"},"modified":"2026-05-05T13:48:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T13:48:17","slug":"golda-meir","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/goldameir\/about\/golda-meir\/","title":{"rendered":"Golda Meir"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-31\" src=\"https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/goldameir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2013\/12\/golda.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"212\" height=\"246\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>May 4, 1898:<\/strong> Born Golda Mabovitch in Kiev, Russia.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1903:<\/strong> Mabovitch family moves to Pinsk; father, Moshe, immigrates to Milwaukee.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1906:<\/strong> Golda, her mother and sisters, move to Milwaukee, where she attends Fourth Street School.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1912-14:<\/strong> Golda runs away to live with sister Sheyna and brother-in-law Shamai in Denver.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1914:\u00a0<\/strong>Golda returns to Milwaukee. She graduates from North Division High School and attends Milwaukee Normal School for one year.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dec 24, 1917:<\/strong> She marries Morris Meyerson, who has moved from Denver to Milwaukee.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Winter, 1918:<\/strong> Golda attends First American Jewish Congress in Philadelphia as a Milwaukee delegate.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1921:<\/strong> Golda and Morris immigrate to Palestine.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1922-1924:<\/strong> The Meyerson&#8217;s live and work on parched Kibbutz Merhavia in the Jezreel Valley.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Nov 23, 1924:<\/strong> Son, Menachem, born in Jerusalem.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1924:<\/strong> England officially takes control of Palestine with the Balfour Decision, which acknowledges &#8220;the need for a Jewish state.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><strong>May 17, 1926:<\/strong> Daughter, Sarah Meir Rehabi, born in Jerusalem.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1928:<\/strong> Golda is secretary of the Women&#8217;s Labor Council (and its sister, Pioneer Women), a division of the Histadrut, the large labor organization governing Jewish affairs in Palestine.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1932-1934:<\/strong> To save Sarah from a kidney disease, Golda takes the children to live in the U.S.; while here, she campaigns for the Pioneer Women, who raise funds for Palestine.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1934-1948:<\/strong>\u00a0Golda raises funds, creates housing and jobs for millions of immigrants, initiates a form of unemployment compensation, and becomes a board member of the Histadrut.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1941:<\/strong> England issues its White Paper largely forbidding the immigration of Jews to Palestine.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1941-1945:<\/strong> World War II<\/li>\n<li><strong>1947:<\/strong> In an effort to establish peace in the Middle East, England withdraws from the region. In its stead, the U.N. Partition awards territory to both Jews and Arabs separately.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1948:\u00a0<\/strong>Trying to forestall war with the Arabs, Golda secretly visits King Abdullah of Jordan. Returning to Tel Aviv, she signs the Declaration of the Establishment of Israel. Golda raises $50 million from American Jews for arms that save Israel in war with Arabs.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1948-1949:<\/strong> Golda goes to Russia as Israel&#8217;s first ambassador.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1950-1956:<\/strong> Golda&#8217;s &#8220;golden years&#8221; serving as Israel&#8217;s Labor Minister.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1956:<\/strong> Ben-Gurion insisted that Golda, as Foreign Minister, hebraize her name. Since Morris had died in 1951, she chose Meir, a name sounding like Meyerson which in Hebrew means &#8220;illuminate.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><strong>1956-1965:<\/strong> Golda serves as Israel&#8217;s Foreign Minister.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1965-1969:<\/strong> Golda &#8220;in retirement&#8221; heads the Mapai (Labor) Party.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1969:<\/strong> Visited Fourth Street School.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1969-1975:<\/strong> Golda is Israel&#8217;s Prime Minister.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dec 8, 1978:<\/strong> Golda dies in Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center in Jerusalem at age 80.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May 4, 1898: Born Golda Mabovitch in Kiev, Russia. 1903: Mabovitch family moves to Pinsk; father, Moshe, immigrates to Milwaukee. 1906: Golda, her mother and sisters, move to Milwaukee, where she attends Fourth Street School. 1912-14: Golda runs away to live with sister Sheyna and brother-in-law Shamai in Denver. 1914:\u00a0Golda returns to Milwaukee. 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