Golda: Golda Meir, the Romantic YearsThis volume is a biography about Israeli politician Golda Meir (1898-1978), who became that country's first female prime minister. In this account, the author strips away Meir's tough-minded politician's exterior to expose a lonely, tender-hearted woman, aching for love. Emphasizing her inadequacies as a wife and mother and cataloging her alleged lovers, he traces Meir's life through 1948. The narrative follows feisty "Goldie" from her first eight years in Kiev where she was born in 1898 to Milwaukee's lower west side where her family settled, through her early Zionist activity in Denver, her migration to Palestine and her increasingly prominent role as champion of Israeli statehood. |
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... Morris worked during the day , went to school at night , but never stopped studying , never stopped reading , never stopped listening to music . Basically , Morris was a highly private man . Shana's daughter , Judy , remembered , " He ...
... Morris worked during the day , went to school at night , but never stopped studying , never stopped reading , never stopped listening to music . Basically , Morris was a highly private man . Shana's daughter , Judy , remembered , " He ...
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... Morris pricked her conscience much more . She was doing so well that Poale Zion extended her travel to months at a time . Her letters were often hurried but they all had wifely warnings : eat enough , rest enough , don't worry about ...
... Morris pricked her conscience much more . She was doing so well that Poale Zion extended her travel to months at a time . Her letters were often hurried but they all had wifely warnings : eat enough , rest enough , don't worry about ...
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... Morris . He was still the man she loved more than anyone , but it was a love now overwhelmed by this new life , a life into which he did not seem to fit . Compared to the vigorous young men of Merhavia , Morris now seemed increasingly ...
... Morris . He was still the man she loved more than anyone , but it was a love now overwhelmed by this new life , a life into which he did not seem to fit . Compared to the vigorous young men of Merhavia , Morris now seemed increasingly ...
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