Golda Meir

==Return to Milwaukee, Zionist activism, and teaching==
[[File:1914 Golda in Milwaukee.jpg|thumb|upright|Golda Mabovitch in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1914]]
In 1914, after disagreements with her sister, Golda left North High School, moved out of her sister's home, and found work. After reconciling with her parents, she returned to Milwaukee and resumed studies at North Division High, graduating in 1915. While there, she became an active member of Young [[Poale Zion]], which later became [[Habonim Dror|Habonim]], the [[Labor Zionist]] [[youth movement]]. She spoke at public meetings and embraced [[Labour Zionism|Socialist Zionism]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Golda Meir |url=http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/golda-meir |access-date=December 8, 2017 |website=Jewish Virtual Library |language=en}}</ref><ref name=chronology/>

She attended the [[normal school|teachers college]] [[Milwaukee State Normal School]] (now [[University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee]]) in 1916, and likely part of 1917. In 1917, she took a position at a Yiddish-speaking ''[[Folk high school|Folks Schule]]'' in Milwaukee. There, she further embraced Labor Zionism.

On 9 July 1917, Golda became a naturalized US citizen, as her father had naturalized, and at that time children of naturalized citizens under the age of 21 received citizenship by descent.<ref name=chronology/>

On 24 December 1917, Meir and Meyerson married. However, Meir's precondition for marriage was to settle in [[Palestine (region)|Palestine]].<ref name="HA">[http://www.haaretz.co.il/hasen/spages/998369.htmlr Mother of a nation, but not much of a mother]{{dead link |date=January 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}} ''Haaretz'', July 7, 2008</ref> She had intended to make ''[[aliyah]]'' (immigration to Israel) straight away, but her plans were disrupted when all transatlantic passenger services were canceled due to the entry of the United States into the [[First World War]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Legacy Staff |title=Golda Meir: 10 Facts |url=https://www.legacy.com/news/culture-and-history/golda-meir-10-facts/ |access-date=6 April 2021 |work=[[Legacy.com]] |date=7 October 2015}}</ref> She then threw her energies into Poale Zion activities.{{sfn|Burkett|2008|p=37}} A short time after their wedding, she embarked on a fund-raising campaign for Poale Zion that took her across the United States.<ref name=HA/>