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Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Golda Meir grew up on the streets of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She harbored an incredible dream: she wanted to help the Jewish people build a new home. Her arduous journey led to a dusty kibbutz in Palestine and the struggle to establish the nation of Israel. Through hardship, war, and countless sacrifices, Golda survived it all and became Israel's first female prime minister. A stunning reminder that one life can truly make a difference.
3) My life
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
1975.
Language
English
Description
The former Israeli Prime Minister recounts her life and times, describing her troubled early childhood in Russia, her years in America, her Zionist and socialist activities, and her life in Israel as wife, mother, and key political figure.
Author
Publisher
Heroes of Liberty
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Margaret Thatcher was born in a British town called Grantham. Her family owned a grocery store and lived in an apartment above it. Young Margaret learned a lot from how the shop was run. When she became prime minister, she would put those lessons to good use. It was no easy thing to do. But Margaret Thatcher was one of the toughest politicians of her time. After all, it was not for nothing that they called her the Iron Lady."--
5) Golda Meir
Author
Series
Publisher
F. Watts
Pub. Date
1983.
Language
English
Description
Traces the life and accomplishments of the woman Zionist who at the age of seventy became the prime minister of Israel.
Author
Publisher
Alma Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
This authorized biography sheds light on the person behind the politician. As well as explaining how Angela Merkel's world view was shaped and influenced by her background and ideology, Stefan Kornelius's lively account discusses her personal relations with David Cameron, Barack Obama or Vladimir Putin.
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"With unequaled authority and dramatic detail, the first volume of Charles Moore's authorized biography of Margaret Thatcher reveals as never before the early life, rise to power, and first years as prime minister of the woman who transformed Britain and the world in the late twentieth century,"--NoveList.
Author
Series
Publisher
World Book
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
A biography of Golda Meir, the Ukrainian-born fourth and only female prime minister of Israel, with profiles of David Ben-Gurion, Israel's first prime minister, and Yitzhak Rabin, the first prime minister born in what is now Israel. As well as feeling pride as leaders of the people of Israel, all three experienced a special connection to the land itself, having spent time early in their careers in communal farm settlements known as kibbutzim.
11) Indira Gandhi
Author
Series
Publisher
Heinemann Library
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
Examines the life of Indira Gandhi, the first woman prime minister of India, and her impact on the politics of her country.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"The definitive biography of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, detailing the remarkable rise and political brilliance of the most powerful--and elusive--woman in the world. The Chancellor is at once a riveting political biography and an intimate human story of a complete outsider--a research chemist and pastor's daughter raised in Soviet-controlled East Germany--who rose to become the unofficial leader of the West. Acclaimed biographer Kati Marton...
13) Indira Gandhi
Author
Series
Publisher
Cavendish Square
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"Presents the biography of Indira Gandhi against the backdrop of her political, historical, and cultural environment"--Provided by publisher.
Publisher
Films for the Humanities & Sciences
Pub. Date
[2004, c1999]
Language
English
Description
"Margaret Thatcher once predicted that there would never be a female Prime Minister in Great Britain in her lifetime, yet she went on to become the longest-serving Prime Minister in 20th-century British history. Composed of powerful archival footage, this program tracks the controversial career of the woman dubbed "The Iron Lady"--A forceful leader who dismantled decades of political consensus by warring with the Labour opposition, trade unions, the...
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"This third and climactic volume (1987-2013) of Charles Moore's authorized biography gives the definitive account of Margaret Thatcher's third term in office and her life after it. Three stories run through the whole book. The first is Mrs. Thatcher's dominance of her government in almost every domestic field, but also her growing intolerance of dissent, the increasing alienation of her most senior ministers over Europe and the fatal corrosion that...
