Golda Meir: Her "Golda Myerson" Calling Card Signed in Hebrew

c. 1949

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Golda Meir: Her "Golda Myerson" Calling Card Signed in Hebrew
Calling Card
2 pages | SMC 540

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  • Golda Meir
  • David Ben-Gurion

    Background

    Here future Prime Minister Golda Meir, then Labor Minister Golda Myerson, signs her name, in Hebrew, on her Calling Card, sometime between 1949 and 1956 – before, that is, Ben-Gurion ordered her to change her English name to a Hebrew one.
    Calling Card Signed, in Hebrew, but bearing her printed name in English, “Golda Myerson," sextodecimo, no date or place. A note in an unknown hand on the verso identifies Meir as “Minister of Labour” and this, along with her use of the name “Myerson," dates this card to 1949 -1956.
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    Golda Myerson

    Golda Myerson [in Hebrew]

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    Mrs Golda Myerson

    Member of Labour:
    Israel

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