Premier Golda Meir of Israel is fourth on the list of women who Americans admire most, according to a new Gallup poll. Mrs. Dwight D. Eisenhower, wife of the late President, headed the list in the 22nd such poll taken by the Gallup organization. Mrs. Eisenhower received 125 votes among 1,511 adults of both sexes interviewed in the poll which was made in late November. Premier Ghandi of India was second with 112 votes, Mrs. Richard Nixon was third with 110 votes and Mrs. Meir ranked fourth with 103 votes, ahead of Mrs. Aristotle Onassis, Mrs. Joseph Kennedy, Mrs. Robert Kennedy, Mrs. Lyndon Johnson, Queen Elizabeth and Sen. Margaret Chase Smith.
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