Golda Meir

I'm currently reading this book called 'Golda' by Elinor Burkett.



For those who don't know who Golda Meir is, she's the first female Prime Minister of Israel, the third female Prime Minister in the world and the first female PM who got the post without any family connections!



She is one of the founders of Israel; signed its Declaration of Independence and is one of the most respected women in the world with contemporaries such as David Ben-Gurion, Henry Kissinger and Richard Nixon.

She was a classic rag to riches story but remained true to her cause to the very end! She became Israel's Prime Minister at the age of 71 and led Israel in the midst of turbulent times of her era. Most of the time, she was the only woman in an old boys' club!



One look at her and you're reminded of your grandmother. Her image was perfect. the sensible shoes, frumpy dresses, swollen ankles typical to old people, her old-school handbag and her favourite Chesterfield cigarettes that were ever present with her with the hospitality of heaping food at you manipulates you into obedience! She is so good at foreign policy and her diplomacy skills so potent that she outmaneuvered Nixon and Kissinger at their own game of realpolitik!

I love her passion and tenacity to defend her homeland from skirmishes and enemies around. Her energy and stamina at that age is amazing for a leader of a nation.

I definitely recommend this book to anybody who loves to draw lessons and inspiration from others!