Elinor Burkett

This biography of Israel's first female prime minister is "a fascinating examination of Golda Meir's public and private selves" ( Library Journal ). Golda Meir was the first female head of state in the Western-aligned world and one of the most influential women in modern history. A blend of Emma Goldman and Martin Luther King Jr. in the guise of a cookie-serving grandmother, her uncompromising devotion to shaping and defending a Jewish homeland against...