ISRAEL'S GOLDA MEIR: Pioneer to Prime Minister

by lris Noble ‧ RELEASE DATE: April 17, 1972

Noble need not mention so frequently that cosmetics found no place in Golda Meir's luggage; from the outset it is clear that Golda is no ordinary woman. The sense of her strength and her style is conveyed in a series of dramatic scenes: Golda running away at age 14 from her admittedly loving Milwaukee home to seek education and liberation, emigrating to Palestine because ""she wanted a life which demanded sacrifices,"" pioneering on a Merhavia kibbutz in 1921, entering Israel politics through the Histradut, capturing the hearts and pocketbooks of American Jewry as the young state struggles to stay alive, attaining highest office despite conflicts with Ben Gurion and others. This obviously is not an interpretive character biography and compares poorly in this respect with Peggy Mann's Golda (1971), which provides the clues from a fearful childhood, lived amidst pogroms and Cossacks, to the personality of this astonishingly dedicated and driven woman. Noble, however, entwines her subject's personal history with a chronicle of the changing lsrael of her career, and her vigorous reportage of political and diplomatic events makes a firm impression.

Pub Date: April 17, 1972

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Messner

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: April 1, 1972

Categories: NONFICTION