戈尔达·梅厄大厦

简介

Israeli Prime Minister 梅尔夫人 (1898-1978) was one of the Twentieth Century’s most influential women, a powerful international leader and diplomat who greatly impacted the course of history. The 戈尔达·梅厄大厦 博物馆 on the Auraria Campus is the only known U.S. residence of this important woman, a standing tribute to her commitment to freedom, 和平与人类尊严. The museum celebrates the theme inspired by Golda’s life – the story of a woman from a low income, ethnic environment whose ideals and dedication changed the world.

梅尔夫人

梅尔夫人 was born Goldie Mabovitch in Kiev, Russia, May 3, 1898. In 1906, she and her family fled to the United States to escape religious persecution along with thousands of other Russian Jews. The family settled in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Golda was a brilliant student who showed her humanitarian instincts by age 11, when she organized an elaborate fundraising program to collect money so that poor children could buy school books. When she became a teenager, Goldie wanted to go on to high school and become a teacher.

Her parents had already picked a husband for her, 然而, and married women were not allowed to teach in Milwaukee. In 1913, she ran away from home to pursue her education in 科罗拉多州丹佛市.

She joined her sister Shayna, 姐夫山姆, and niece Judith at 1606-1608 Julian Street, a modest brick duplex less than a mile from the present Auraria Campus. Golda attended North High School for nearly two years before rejoining her parents in Milwaukee, working part time as a presser for her brother-in-law at Korngold’s Cleaning and 新闻ing Works, near the Brown Palace Hotel.

The Korngold house was considered a social and intellectual haven by numerous Jewish immigrants from Russia. Most of them had traveled out West for treatment at 丹佛’s famous Jewish Hospital for Consumptives (Jewish Consumptive Relief Society and National Jewish Hospital), and were either ill or recently recovered from tuberculosis. 在这种环境下, Goldie discussed politics, 提供茶水服务, met her future husband Morris Meyerson, and developed her future political philosophy. She became deeply involved with Zionism and made the decision to emigrate to Israel.

The importance of Golda’s 丹佛 experience is documented in her 1975 autobiography My Life, 她说, “It was in 丹佛 that my real education began…”