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Management number 201809335 Release Date 2025/10/08 List Price $16.87 Model Number 201809335
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Pnina Lahav's biography of Golda Meir, The Only Woman in the Room, provides a feminist perspective on the life of the only woman to become prime minister of Israel. It explores Meir's role as a woman standing alone among men, her identity as a Jew, Zionist leader, and founder of Israel, and her deflection of misogyny. The book also examines the challenges she faced during her premiership, including the Yom Kippur War and her bitter duel with Shulamit Aloni. It sheds light on the tensions between Meir's personal and political identities and highlights the difficulties all women face as they ascend in male-dominated fields.

Format: Hardback
Length: 376 pages
Publication date: 06 September 2022
Publisher: Princeton University Press


In this comprehensive and compassionate biography, Pnina Lahav delves into the life of Golda Meir (1898–1978) through a feminist lens, highlighting her recurring role as a woman standing alone among men. The Only Woman in the Room emerges as the pioneering work that fully encompasses Meir's multifaceted identity as a woman, Jew, Zionist leader, and one of the founders of Israel, offering a more profound portrayal of her persona and enduring legacy. Lahav explores Meir's journey, showcasing her adeptness in navigating misogyny as she ascended to the position of Israel's fourth and sole female prime minister from 1969 to 1974. The author revisits the formative experiences that shaped Meir's passion for socialist Zionism and reevaluates her decision to separate from her husband and entrust her children to the care of others. Despite enduring humiliation and derision from her colleagues, Meir played a pivotal role in establishing Israel as a welfare state, where social security, workers' rights, and maternity leave became laws. Lahav examines the challenges that beset Meir's premiership, including the disastrous Yom Kippur War, which led to her resignation and withdrawal from politics. Additionally, the book delves into Meir's complex relationship with feminist and civil rights leader Shulamit Aloni, her involvement with the Israeli and American feminist movements, and the politics that ultimately led her to distance herself from feminism altogether. By examining the interplay between Meir's personal and political identities, The Only Woman in the Room offers a groundbreaking and illuminating account of Meir's life, while also shedding light on the challenges that all women encounter as they strive to ascend in male-dominated fields.

Weight: 670g
Dimension: 164 x 244 x 33 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780691201740


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