Bust of Golda Meir

Golda Meir
The sculpture in 2007
Artist	Beatrice Goldfine
Type	Sculpture
Medium	Bronze
Subject	Golda Meir
Location	New York City, New York, United States
Coordinates	40°45′13.9″N73°59′14.7″W / 40.753861°N 73.987417°W / 40.753861; -73.987417

Golda Meir is an outdoor bronze sculpture of former Israeli prime minister Golda Meir. The sculpture is located at Golda Meir Square near Broadway and 39th Street in the Garment District of Manhattan, New York. It was unveiled in 1984. ^{[1] [2]} It is one of only five statues of women in New York City as of 2016 ^[update] . ^[3]

There has been discussion of the statue in the wake of attempts to rehabilitate Meir's reputation in the US, amid more recent criticism. ^{[4] [5]}

References

1. Jerold S. Kayden; New York (N.Y.). Dept. of City Planning; The Municipal Art Society of New York (November 6, 2000). Privately Owned Public Space: The New York City Experience. John Wiley & Sons. p. 126. ISBN   978-0-471-36257-9.
2. Butterfield, Leah (November 13, 2013). "Top Ten Female Statues in New York". Time Out New York. Archived from the original on November 18, 2013.
3. Rebecca Solnit; Joshua Jelly-Schapiro (October 19, 2016). Nonstop Metropolis: A New York City Atlas. Univ of California Press. p. 88. ISBN   978-0-520-28594-1.
4. Tobin, Jonathan S. (September 26, 2023). "Yom Kippur 50 years later: Rethinking Golda's reputation". JNS.org. Retrieved June 3, 2025.
5. Noveck, Jocelyn. "Director of 'Golda': Criticism against Israel's first female PM was misogynism". The Times of Israel . ISSN   0040-7909 . Retrieved June 3, 2025.

External links

• Media related to Golda Meir Square at Wikimedia Commons