Bella Abzug
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American politician (1920-1998)
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Bella Abzug (1920–1998) was an American female politician and author. She is the author of the work *Gender gap*. Her writings include observations on the professional treatment of women, such as the statement that “The test for whether or not you can hold a job should not be in the arrangement of your chromosomes.”
Abzug had two children. Her life and career have been referenced by 692 other encyclopedia articles.
Synthesized by Vinony from 19 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Last.fm, Crossref, Wikiquote, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Gender gap
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1920-07-24
- Active to
- 1998-03-31
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 6
- Total plays
- 15
<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Bella+Abzug">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Observation of a new particle in the search for the Standard Model Higgs boson with the ATLAS detector at the LHC
· 2012 · cited 6,795x
- Impacts of biological invasions: what's what and the way forward
· 2013 · cited 2,856x
- Lapatinib plus Capecitabine for HER2-Positive Advanced Breast Cancer
· 2006 · cited 2,798x
- Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (4th edition)<sup>1</sup>
· 2021 · cited 2,491x
- Alpelisib for
<i>PIK3CA</i>
-Mutated, Hormone Receptor–Positive Advanced Breast Cancer
· 2019 · cited 2,378x
via Crossref · CC0
Quotes
- “When I was a young lawyer, working women wore hats. It was the only way they would take you seriously.”
- “The test for whether or not you can hold a job should not be in the arrangement of your chromosomes. (p. 80)”
- “Earth’s most valuable and most neglected natural resource: women.”
- “much of what has been done in the name of progress and growth and development has been done without much regard for the effects on human beings—women, men and children—on water, air and soil, on our delicately balanced, intricately interconnected global ecology.”
- “Women are not just victims. We are thinkers, organizers, and activists. We are part of a worldwide women’s movement that has brought into every nation of the world, no matter how poor or oppressed, the message that women can work together to take control of our lives and to bring our collective experience, wisdom, and numbers into the areas where the policies and decisions are being made about the future of our planet.”
- “It was thousands of women marching and demonstrating against dangerous Strontium 90 nuclear fallout who helped to win the ban on atmospheric nuclear tests and who have continued their struggle against the nuclear arms race and hazards in areas ranging from Greenham Common, Europe and the U.S. to Africa and Asia.”
via Wikiquote · CC BY-SA
Key facts
- Preceded by
- Leonard Farbstein
- Succeeded by
- Ted Weiss
- Constituency
- 19th district (1971–1973), 20th district (1973–1977)
- Born
- Bella Savitsky , ( 1920-07-24 ) July 24, 1920, New York City , U.S.
- Died
- March 31, 1998 (1998-03-31) (aged 77), New York City, U.S.
- Party
- Democratic
- Spouse
- Martin Abzug ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1944 ; died 1986 )
- Relatives
- Arlene Stringer-Cuevas (cousin), Scott Stringer (cousin)
- Education
- Hunter College ( BA ), Columbia University ( LLB ), Jewish Theological Seminary
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Bella Abzug (/ˈæbzʊɡ/; née Savitzky; July 24, 1920 – March 31, 1998), nicknamed "Battling Bella", was an American lawyer, politician, social activist, and a leader in the women's movement. In 1971, Abzug joined other leading feminists such as Gloria Steinem, Shirley Chisholm, and Betty Friedan to found the National Women's Political Caucus. She was a leading figure in what came to be known as ecofeminism.
In 1970, Abzug's first campaign slogan was, "This woman's place is in the House—the House of Representatives." She was later appointed to co-chair the National Commission on the Observance of International Women's Year created by President Gerald Ford's executive order, presided over the 1977 National Women's Conference, and led President Jimmy Carter's National Advisory Commission for Women. Abzug was a founder of the Commission for Women's Equality of the American Jewish Congress.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bella Abzug” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.