Golda Meir
1898-1978
The UWM Library is named for Golda Meir. Born Goldie Mabowehz in the Ukraine, she migrated to Milwaukee in 1906, was educated at Fourth Street School, North Division High School, and in present Mitchell Hall of Milwaukee Normal School (1916-17). She and husband Morris Meyerson settled in Palestine in 1921. There she helped found the Israel Labor Party, held high political and governmental posts, and eventually became Prime Minister (1969-74).
Marker can be reached from Hartford Avenue 0.1 miles east of North Maryland Avenue.
Courtesy hmdb.org
