Because her parents would not support her desire to become a teacher, for a time Meir ran away to Denver, Colorado, to live with her married sister.

She also married Morris Meyerson, whom she had met in Denver.

In 1981, the tiny duplex at 1606-1608 Julian Street was first identified as the Denver home of Golda Meir. The house was inches away from demolition. An intense effort by a small group of concerned citizens including the  late Mel Cohen and his wife Esther [1] temporarily saved the structure, which narrowly escaped fire, a tornado, vandalism

The importance of Golda's Denver experience is documented in her 1975 autobiography My Life, where she states, “It was in Denver that my real education began...”

This web page is dedicated to the effort of Esther [Cohen] Strauss and her efforts to pass American Jewish History to the next generation.  Thank you Esther and G-d Bless.

[1] Esther Cohen - Is Employed at Aharon's Books and Mile Chai Denver, Colorado, However, last September 2002 she had a stroke and this last Passover she had a brain tumor.  Esther is a strong women and deeply committed, and she is recovering and doing well and wishes to Thank all of you for the kind emails.

you come in you see Golda Meir's Kitchen as it appeared when she lived here