The book My Life by Golda Meir

The life story of Golda Meir is an amazing tale of Cinderella, who was born into a poor Jewish family, who experienced two emigrations, and who successively became an ambassador, minister, and then head of government of a sovereign state. Her father was a simple carpenter, and she became the third woman in modern human history to head the cabinet of ministers of a sovereign state. Before her, only in Sri Lanka and India had women headed the government: Sirimavo Bandaranaike and Indira Gandhi. Later, women headed the highest executive bodies in many countries: in Great Britain (Margaret Thatcher) and Norway (Gru Harlem Brutland), Pakistan (Be-Nazir Bhutto) and Turkey (Tansu Chiller), France (Edith Cresson) and Germany (Angela Merkel) ...

Golda Meir was one of the first, and her contribution to paving the way for women to the heights of state power was very, very significant.