Golda Meyerson (Meir) speaking at the Histadrut headquarters in Tel Aviv on May 29, 1946. Before she was Israel's prime minister, Meir was one of the only women to become part of the leadership of Histadrut, the most influential labor organization from pre-state Palestine to modern-day Israel.
Photograph by Zoltan Kluger, courtesy of Israel Government Press Office.