Golda Meir was named the “most admired” woman in 1974 according to a Gallup poll released Wednesday. The poll interviewed 1517 persons 18 years and older in 300 locations across the U.S. on Dec. 19. Mrs. Meir came out ahead of Mrs. Betty Ford, wife of President Ford, and Mrs. Nixon, wife of the former president, who took second and third places respectively, Mrs. Meir won first place in Gallup’s 1973 poll as well.
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