Bella Abzug

Bella Savitzky Abzug July 24 1920 March 31 1998 nicknamed Battling Bella was an American lawyer US Representative social activist and a leader in the womens movement In 1971 Abzug joined other leading feminists such as Gloria Steinem Shirley Chisholm and Betty Friedan to found the National Womens Political Caucus She was known as a leading figure in what came to be known as ecofeminism In 1970 Abzugs first campaign slogan was This womans place is in the Housethe House of Representatives She was later appointed to cochair the National Commission on the Observance of International Womens Year created by President Gerald Fords executive order presided over the 1977 National Womens Conference and led President Jimmy Carters National Advisory Commission for Women Abzug was a founder of the Commission for Womens Equality of the American Jewish Congress Description above from the Wikipedia article Bella Abzug licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia