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Golda Meir, Israel’s ‘Iron Lady’, left behind a complex legacy
Golda Meir was the fourth prime minister of Israel and the first woman to hold that position.
She was hugely influential in the building of a Jewish and Zionist Israel, and a significant – and also controversial – figure in world politics.
- Jordana Silverstein
- ABC News & The Conversation
Born Golda Mabovitch in Kiev, Ukraine, in 1898, Meir grew up in the …