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almahu_9949481396802882
Format:
1 online resource (376 p.) :
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14 b/w illus.
ISBN:
9780691239316
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9783110993899
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A feminist biography of the only woman to become prime minister of IsraelIn this authoritative and empathetic biography, Pnina Lahav reexamines the life of Golda Meir (1898-1978) through a feminist lens, focusing on her recurring role as a woman standing alone among men. The Only Woman in the Room is the first book to contend with Meir's full identity as a woman, Jew, Zionist leader, and one of the founders of Israel, providing a richer portrait of her persona and legacy.Meir, Lahav shows, deftly deflected misogyny as she traveled the path to becoming Israel's fourth, and only female, prime minister, from 1969 to 1974. Lahav revisits the youthful encounters that forged Meir's passion for socialist Zionism and reassesses her decision to separate from her husband and leave her children in the care of others. Enduring humiliation and derision from her colleagues, Meir nevertheless led in establishing Israel as a welfare state where social security, workers' rights, and maternity leave became law. Lahav looks at the challenges that beset Meir's premiership, particularly the disastrous Yom Kippur War, which led to her resignation and withdrawal from politics, as well as Meir's bitter duel with feminist and civil rights leader Shulamit Aloni, Meir's complex relationship with the Israeli and American feminist movements, and the politics that led her to distance herself from feminism altogether.Exploring the tensions between Meir's personal and political identities, The Only Woman in the Room provides a groundbreaking new account of Meir's life while also illuminating the difficulties all women face as they try to ascend in male-dominated fields.
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Frontmatter --
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CONTENTS --
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Introduction --
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PART I. GROWING UP --
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1 In Imperial Russia --
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2 To America --
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3 Goldie and Morris Get Married --
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4 Finding Her Vocation: Political Activism --
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PART II. PALESTINE, 1921-1948 --
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5 The USS Pocahontas --
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6 A Sojourn in Tel Aviv --
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7 Comrade Golda and Comrade Morris in Kibbutz Merhavia --
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8 Love and Marriage: Not a Fairy Tale --
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9 The Attraction of Socialist Politics --
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10 Pioneer Women: A Platform of Her Own --
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11 World War II: The Ground Is Burning --
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PART III. 1948-1964 --
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12 From Israel's First Emissary to the Soviet Union to Minister of Labor --
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13 In Israel's First Cabinet: Golda Is Appointed Minister of Labor --
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14 Golda's Conception of the Family --
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15 Enter the "Other Woman": Shabbat, the "Sacred Queen," and the Secular Minister of Labor --
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16 Golda's Appointment as Minister of Foreign Affairs, 1956 --
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17 Golda's First International Crisis: The Nationalization of the Suez Shipping Company --
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18 The African Connection --
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PART IV. 1964-1978 --
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19 Ascendance: Madam Prime Minister --
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20 Golda as an Object of Humiliation --
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21 From Bathtub to Pedestal: An Interview with Oriana Fallaci --
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22 Golda and Her Nemesis: Shulamit Aloni and the Question of Who Is a Jew --
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23 Who Is a Jew? Individual Rights, Jewish Law, the Expediency of Politics, and the "Foreign Woman" --
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24 Golda and the Revival of Feminism --
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25 Nightmare: The Yom Kippur War --
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26 In the Company of Men --
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27 The End --
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Acknowledgments --
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Notes --
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Index
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Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
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In English.
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EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2022 English, De Gruyter, 9783110993899
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780691201740
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1515/9780691239316
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1515/9780691239316?locatt=mode:legacy
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780691239316
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