Golda Mier Essay, Research Paper

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World History Honors

Mrs. Moffitt Period 0

McAuley, Karen. Golda Meir New York. Chelsea House Publishers,

1985.

The state of Israel, established on May 14, 1948, had many great leaders

that helped it to become a state. One of them was Golda Meir. Golda Meir was

one of the most energetic and hardworking women in the world. Without her

help, it is possible that Israel would have never survived as a state in an area

surrounded by Arabs. With all of the hard work that Golda did for her country,

she still had time for a family.

When Golda Meir (born Golda Mabovich) was in my opinion one of the

most energetic and hardworking women in the world. If she set out to do

something, whether it was to wash her families clothes or to create a Jewish

state in the land of Israel, the job was never left unfinished. As a child, she

decided that she wanted there to be a Jewish state, where any Jew would not be

refused citizenship. She spent her whole life working to achieve this goal and in

1948, her dreams came true.

After Israel became a state in 1948, there was constant fighting between

the Israeli?s and the Arabs. Without her help, The Israeli?s would have possibly

never survived as a state. In the beginning, Israel hardly had any weapons.

Golda Meir once again decided she wanted to help Israel so she went to the

United States and She went to other countries to try to help Israel out with this

problem by raising money. In the US, she gave speeches at universities and

she contacted the head government officials to try to borrow some money. The

US government turned her down but the college students gave her all the money

they could spare. The government also refused to help Israel out by selling

them weapons. Once again, the college students tried to do their best by

sending parts to Israel. In one particular case, Students at the Columbia

University sent a Cadillac overseas, in which the heavy steel body was loaded

full of parts and gunpowder.

Golda Meir worked for many hours and even with all the effort she put

forth into her country, she still had time for a family. On December 24, 1917, she

married Morris Myerson of Milwaukee. After living all around the world, Golda

and her husband Morris decided to settle down in Jerusalem to have a family.

The couple had 2 children, Menachem who was born in 1924, and Sarah who

was born in 1926. Golda Myerson was now a young mother and she had to

spend the next few years raising her children. While her children were growing

up, she still kept her ties to the Zionist Movement. She wrote letters to the

leaders of most of the countries in the world in which she tried to convince them

that the Jewish people needed a country of their own.

In the beginning of this book, there was an introduction written by Arthur

M. Schlesinger, jr.. He was a Professor of History at Harvard University for

many years. He served in the White House as a special assistant to Presidents

Kennedy and Johnson.

In the book Golda Meir, all of the possible subjects that I could think of,

were covered without any problems. While reading this book, I could not find

any subjects that I even partially objected to.

I think that the authors of this book did an excellent job in writing it. This

book goes into great detail in describing the early life of Golda Mabovich. In my

opinion, this book didn?t have any faults because I have never before spent any

time studying Golda Meir in my life.

The author of the book Golda Meir, Karen McAuley, is a graduate of

Bennington College. She has written several textbooks and she has devised

educational programs for High School students. She currently lives in New York

City.