Golda Meir Reference Library

Picturing Golda Meir is a collection of photographic images documenting the life of Golda Meir. 157 images were selected from The Golda Meir Collection, 1904-1987 housed in the Archives Department of the UWM Libraries. The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) Libraries established a digitization program in the fall of 2001. The primary mission of the program is to serve the UWM academic community and the general public by providing remote access to unique library resources. The UWM Libraries use digital technologies to expand access and enhance discovery of these resources through development and management of distinctive digital collections. Included in their collection are digital images of Golda Meir. 

You can explore the collection online through the link below.

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Golda Meir Portrait, late 1920's | UWM Archives Digital Photo Collection

Source: University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) Libraries website

Golda Meir in: World Leaders and Friends Hail ‘Extraordinary’ Woman

Published in the New York Times, read here »

Golda Meir | Duty and the Call to Power

By Dr. Norman W. Provizer, Political Science, MSU Denver, read here  »

Golda Meir: Basic Bibliography in English

Just some of the many books written by and about Golda Meir.

  • Agress, Eliyahu. Translated from Hebrew by Israel Taslitt. Golda Meir: Portrait of a Prime Minister. New York: Sabra Books, 1969.
  • Avallone, Michael. A Woman Called Golda. New York: Leisure Books, 1982. (A version, in novel form, of the 1982 Paramount television movie A Woman Called Golda written by Harold Gast and Steven Gethers.)
  • Burkett, Elinor. New York: Golda. Harper Perennial, 2009
  • Eisenhower, Julie Nixon. Chapter on “Golda Meir” based on an interview in Special People. New York: Ballantine Books, 1977.
  • Eban, Abba. The Political Legacy of Golda Meir. Milwaukee: Golda Meir Library, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, 1995. (Morris Fromkin Memorial Lecture.)
  • Fallaci, Oriana. Translated from Italian by John Shepley. Interview chapter “Golda Meir” in Interview with History. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1976.
  • Gibson, William. Golda: A Play in Two Acts. New York: Samuel French, 1977.
  • Gibson, William. Golda: How to Turn a Phoenix into Ashes. New York: Atheneum, 1978. (The story of the development and production of the play with text.)
  • Klagsbrun, F. Lioness: Golda Meir and the Nation of Israel . New York: Shocken, 2017.
  • Lahav, Pnina. The Only Woman in the Room: Golda Meir and Her Path to Power. Princeton, NJ, Princeton University Press, August 2022.
  • Mann, Peggy. Golda: The Life of Israel’s Prime Minister. New York: Coward, McCann and Geoghegan, 1971.
  • Martin, Ralph. Golda Meir: The Romantic Years. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1988.
  • Meir, Golda. My Life. New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1974. (American edition of Meir’s autobiography originally published in London by Weidenfeld and Nicolson the same year.)
  • Meir, Golda. Edited by Marie Syrkin. A Land of Our Own: An Oral Autobiography of Golda Meir. New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1973. (Contains the same material as Golda Meir Speaks Out.) 
  • Meir, Golda. Edited by Henry Cristman. This Is Our Strength: Selected Papers of Golda Meir. New York: Macmillan, 1962. (Foreword by Eleanor Roosevelt.)
  • Meir, Golda. Excerpts from 24 of her speeches are contained, with additional commentary, on the two-record compilation Golda Meir: Israel’s Woman of Valor from Educational News Service, 1979.
  • Meir, Menahem. My Mother Golda Meir: A Son’s Evocation of Life with Golda Meir. New York: Arbor House, 1983.
  • Morris, Terry. Shalom, Golda. New York: Hawthorn Books, 1971.
  • Opfell, Olga. Chapter on “Golda Meir” in Women Prime Ministers and Presidents. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 1993.
  • Pogrebin, Letty Cottin.  Deborah, Golda, and Me: Being Female and Jewish in America. New York: Crown, 1991.
  • Pogrebin, Letty Cottin. Essay on “Golda Meir” in Jewish Women in America: An Historical Encyclopedia edited by Paula Hyman and Deborah Dash Moore. New York: Routledge, 1997.  
  • Provizer, Norman. “In the Shadow of Washington: Golda Meir, Duty and the Call to Power” in George Washington In and As Culture edited by Kevin Cope. New York: AMS Press, 2001.
  • Shenker, Israel and Mary Shenker (editors). As Good as Golda: The Warmth and Wisdom of Israel’s Prime Minister. New York: McCall, 1970. (A collection of brief statements made by Meir.) 
  • Slater, Robert. Golda: The Uncrowned Queen of Israel. Middle Village, NY: Jonathan David, 1981.
  • Syrkin, Marie (editor). Golda Meir Speaks Out. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1973. (Statements and speeches by Meir containing the same material as the oral autobiography edited by Syrkin.)
  • Syrkin, Marie. Golda Meir: Israel’s Leader. New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1969. (Revised edition of Syrkin’s 1963 biography of Meir.)
  • Syrkin, Marie. Golda Meir: Woman with a Cause. New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1963.
  • Syrkin, Marie. Way of Valor: A Biography of Golda Myerson. New York: Sharon Book, 1955. 
  • Thompson, Seth. “Golda Meir: A Very Public Life” in Women as National Leaders edited by Michael Genovese. Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications, 1993.

FOR YOUNGER READERS:

  • Adler, David. Our Golda: The Story of Golda Meir. New York: Puffin/Penguin, 1984.
  • Adler, David. Golda Meir: A Strong, Determined Leader. New York: Puffin/Penguin, reissue 2015.
  • Amdur, Richard. Golda Meir: A Leader in War and Peace. New York: Fawcett, 1990.
  • Claybourne, Anna. Golda Meir (Leading Lives). Chicago: Heinemann Library, 2003.
  • Davidson, Margaret. The Golda Meir Story. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1981 revised edition.    
  • Dobrin, Arnold. A Life for Israel: The Story of Golda Meir. New York: Dial, 1975.
  • Hitzeroth, Deborah. Golda Meir (Importance of Series). San Diego: Lucent Books, 1997.
  • Keller, Mollie. Golda Meir (An Impact Biography). New York: Franklin Watts, 1983.
  • Krasner, Barbara. Goldie Takes a Stand: Golda Meir's First Crusade. Kar-Ben Publishing ® (August 1, 2014)
  • McAuley, Karen. Golda Meir (World Leaders Past and Present). New York: Chelsea House, 1985.
  • Marsh, Carol. Golda Meir. Peachtree City, GA: Gallopade International, 2002.
  • Noble, Iris. Israel’s Golda Meir: Pioneer to Prime Minister. New York: Julian Messner, 1974 revised edition.
  • Parker, Janice. Chapter on “Golda Meir” in Political Leaders. New York: Crabtree Publishing, 1998.
  • Resling, Darlene. Golda Meir: A Play. Baltimore: Learning Well, 1997.