Abzug, Bella Savitsky (səvĭt`skē ăb`z
g), 1920–98, U.S. politician, b. New York City. She helped found Women Strike for Peace (1961) and the reformist New Democratic Coalition (1968). Elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from New York in 1970, she was a leader of the House antiwar movement and a vigorous proponent of women's rights. In 1976 she lost a Senate primary to Daniel P. Moynihan Moynihan, Daniel Patrick , 1927–2003, American sociologist and politician, b. Tulsa, Okla., grad. Tufts (B.A., 1948; M.A., 1949; Ph.D., 1961). Raised in a poor neighborhood of New York City, he became active in Democratic party politics in the 1950s.
..... Click the link for more information. . In 1977 she left the House and lost the New York City mayoral primary to Edward I. Koch Koch, Edward Irving , 1924–, U.S. public official, congressman, and mayor of New York City (1977–89), b. New York City. After receiving his law degree (New York Univ., 1948), he practiced as a lawyer and became active in reform Democratic politics.
..... Click the link for more information. . Abzug also founded and headed the Women's Environment and Development Organization.
g), 1920–98, U.S. politician, b. New York City. She helped found Women Strike for Peace (1961) and the reformist New Democratic Coalition (1968). Elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from New York in 1970, she was a leader of the House antiwar movement and a vigorous proponent of women's rights. In 1976 she lost a Senate primary to Daniel P. Moynihan Moynihan, Daniel Patrick , 1927–2003, American sociologist and politician, b. Tulsa, Okla., grad. Tufts (B.A., 1948; M.A., 1949; Ph.D., 1961). Raised in a poor neighborhood of New York City, he became active in Democratic party politics in the 1950s...... Click the link for more information. . In 1977 she left the House and lost the New York City mayoral primary to Edward I. Koch Koch, Edward Irving , 1924–, U.S. public official, congressman, and mayor of New York City (1977–89), b. New York City. After receiving his law degree (New York Univ., 1948), he practiced as a lawyer and became active in reform Democratic politics.
..... Click the link for more information. . Abzug also founded and headed the Women's Environment and Development Organization.
Bibliography
See her Bella! Ms. Abzug Goes to Washington (ed. by M. Ziegler, 1972) and Gender Gap 1984 (with M. Kelber, 1984).
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