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Abzug, Bella(nee Savitsky)
Died: 1998 AD, at 78 years of age.
Nationality: American
Categories: Politicial Adviser
1920 - Born in New York City
1947 - Admitted to bar
1970 - Became nationally prominent in the early as an articulate advocate of women’s rights and as a leader of the House of Representatives anti-Vietnam War group
1971-1976 - Represented New York’s 19th and 20th districts in Congress
1972 - Wrote Bella! Ms. Abzug Goes to Washington
1976 - Wnsuccessful in a bid for the U.S. Senate
1978 - Was defeated in an attempt to reenter Congress
1977-1979 - (November-January) prominent in several women’s political organizations
- Co-chairwoman of the President’s National Advisory Committee on Women
- She returned to the private practice of law in New York City
1984 - Gender Gap: Bella Abzug’s Guide to political Power for American Women
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- "Women have been trained to speak softly and carry a lipstick. Those days are over."
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