
Israel Press and Photo Agency (I.P.P.A.) photographer · CC BY 4.0
Golda Meir
1898 – 1978aged 80
Raised in Milwaukee, emigrated to a kibbutz, signed Israel's declaration of independence, and became its fourth Prime Minister — one of the first women anywhere to lead a country. Resigned after the Yom Kippur War, whose intelligence failures she was widely held responsible for.