Goldie Takes a Stand!: Golda Meir's First Crusade

By Barbara Krasner and Kelsey Garrity-Riley

Even at the age of nine, little Golda Meir was known for being a leader. As the president of the American Young Sisters Society, she organizes her friends to raise money to buy textbooks for immigrant classmates. A glimpse at the early life of Israel’s first female Prime Minister, who was born in Russia and grew up in Milwaukee, this story is based on a true episode in the early life of Golda Meir.

 

• Language: English
• Publisher: Kar-Ben Publishing
• Release date: Sep 2, 2014
• ISBN: 9781497666955

Barbara Krasner

Barbara Krasner publishes the popular blog, The Whole Megillah: The Writer's Resource for Jewish-Themed Story. She is the author of many articles, short stories, poems, and books. She lives in New Jersey and teaches in the English and History departments of New Jersey colleges and universities.

Reviews for Goldie Takes a Stand!

[sullywriter_1 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

As president of the American Young Sisters Society in Milwaukee, nine-year-old Golda Meir organizes a fundraising campaign to buy school books for poor children. Factual events but the dialogue is invented.