Bella Abzug
Bella Abzug
Bella Savitsky Abzug, nicknamed "Battling Bella", was an American lawyer, U.S. Representative, social activist and a leader of the Women's Movement. In 1971, Abzug joined other leading feminists such as Gloria Steinem and Betty Friedan to found the National Women's Political Caucus. She declared, "This woman's place is in the House—the House of Representatives", in her successful 1970 campaign. She was later appointed to chair the National Commission on the Observance of International Women's Year and to plan the 1977...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth24 July 1920
CountryUnited States of America
Maybe we weren't at the Last Supper, but we're certainly going to be at the next one.
We are coming down from our pedestal and up from the laundry room.
The test for whether or not you can hold a job should not be the arrangement of your chromosomes.
Women have been trained to speak softly and carry a lipstick. Those days are over.
I prefer the word 'homemaker' because 'housewife' always implies that there may be a wife someplace else.
We are bringing women into politics to change the nature of politics, to change the vision, to change the institutions. Women are not wedded to the policies of the past. We didn't craft them. They didn't let us.
We are affirming human rights for all women and girls, acknowledging the full range of diversity that exists, and detailing actions to prevent violence.
When I first became a lawyer, only 2% of the bar was women. People would always think I was a secretary. In those days, professional women in the business world wore hats. So I started wearing hats.
As women, we know that we must always find ways to change the process because the present institutions want to hold on to power and keep the status quo.
Working women wore hats. It was the only way they would take you seriously.
Imperfect though it may be, the Beijing Platform for Action is the strongest statement of consensus on women's equality, empowerment and justice ever produced by governments.
This woman's place is in the House - the House of Representatives.
I am not being facetious when I say that the real enemies in this country are the Pentagon and its pals in big business.
the women's movement, not only here in the U.S., but worldwide, is bigger and stronger than ever before and in places where it has never been. It has arms. It has legs. And most importantly, it has heads.