Abzug, Bella (nee Savitsky)

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 19^th and 20^th 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

• "Women have been trained to speak softly and carry a lipstick. Those days are over."