1930s she traveled back to the U.S. to lecture and raise funds for the Jews of Palestine. During WWII she worked to rescue Jews from the Nazis. In 1948, as European Jews flooded to Palestine and around the time the State of Israel was established, she returned to the U.S. to raise more funds for Israel. In following years she served as Israel's ambassador to the Soviet Union, Minister of Labor, Foreign Minister, and Prime Minister from 1969 to 1974. On October 3, 1969, Prime Minister Meir revisited her old Fourth Street School in Milwaukee, accompanied by U.S. National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger and local Aldermen Vel Phillips and Orville Pitts. The school was renamed in her honor in 1979. The school was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1990. It is one of three buildings in the United States with a significant association with Meir. A plaque mounted outside the front door of the school reads in part "it was here that she learned the values that carried her through life." See also List of National Historic Landmarks in Wisconsin National Register of Historic Places listings in Milwaukee, Wisconsin References External links Golda Meir School Golda Meir: My Life Magnet schools in Wisconsin Education in Milwaukee Buildings and structures in Milwaukee National Historic Landmarks in Wisconsin School buildings completed in 1890 Public elementary schools in Wisconsin School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Wisconsin National Register of Historic Places in Milwaukee Golda Meir