Golda Meir

Golda Meir was the Prime Minister of Israel from 1969 to 1974. She was Israel's first woman prime minister and the third woman to be leader of a country in the 20th century. Trained as a teacher in the United States, she moved to Palestine in the 1920s and then to Israel. She had a long career in the Knesset, Israel's legislature, holding Minister of Labor and Minister of Foreign Affairs positions.Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Golda Meir Meir was a leader of the Zionist movement, which is a pro-Jewish movement that supported the founding of a Jewish state.IHT: Zionism (February 4, 2005) In 1956, she changed her last name from Meyerson to Meir, which means "to burn brightly," to emphasize her Jewish roots.Jewish Virtual Library: Golda Meir