Bella Abzug
Bella Savitsky Abzug (July 24, 1920 – March 31, 1998), 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 National Women's Conference by President Gerald Ford and led President Jimmy Carter's commission on women.
Early life
Bella Savitsky was born on July 24, 1920 in New York City. Both of her parents were Russian Jewish immigrants. Her mother, Esther (née Tanklefsky), was a homemaker and her father, Emanuel ran the Live and Let Live Meat Market.
Even in her youth, she was competitive and would beat everyone, including the boys in all sorts of competitions.
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Released 2000- News Report: Atomic Bomb Testing Continues (1953)
- News Report: Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain (1953)
- News Report: Julius and Ethel Rosenberg Are Denied Clemency (1953)
- President Dwight D Eisenhower Announces End to Korean Conflict (1953)
- Author Ray Bradbury Provides More Positive Outlook on Future Than His Book 'Fahrenheit 451" Suggests (1958)
- President Dwight D Eisenhower Assures There Will Be Further Development of Polio Vaccine (1954)
- News Report: Congressmen Provide Conflicting Viewpoint on School Desegregation (1954)
- Senator Joseph McCarthy Presides at House Unamerican Activities Hearings (1954)
- New York Giants Manager Leo Derocher States Strong Leadership Is a Baseball Team's Top Asset (1954)
- Author Ernest Hemingway Delivers Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech (1954)
- Cleveland Disc Jockey Alan Freed at the Top of His Form Hosting 'The Moondog Show' (1954)
- Ensure Your Safety With the Purchase of This Nuclear Survival Course Record Album; Supplies Are Limited (1954)
- James Dean Discusses His Craft on the Set of 'Rebel Without a Cause' (1954)
- News Report: Music Experts Squabble Over the Meaning of Rock and Roll (1956)
- News Report: Baseball Yankees Pitcher Don Larsen Delivers First Perfect Game in World Series History (1956)
- News Report: Hungarian Revolt Crushed by Soviets (1956)
- News Report: What Do We Know About Cuban Revolutionary Fidel Castro (1957)
- Althea Gibson Becomes First Black Athlete to Win Wimbledon Tennis Championship (1957)
- President Dwight D Eisenhower Denounces Arkansas Efforts to Enforce School Segregation (1957)
- Black Politician Adam Clayton Powell Jr Speeks Out on Notion of Freedom (1957)
- News Report: United States Successfully Launches First Orbiting Satellite 'Explorer I' (1958)
- Author Lorraine Hansberry Discusses Her Play 'a Raisin in the Sun' (1959)
- News Report: NASA Introduces First Seven Astronauts for Project Mercury (1959)
- News Report: Cuban Premier Fidel Castro Visits U.S. for First Time (1959)
- Author Allan Ginsberg and Anthropologist Margaret Mead Discuss Origins of the Term 'Beat Generation' (1959)
- Candidates Debate Presidential Candidates John F Kennedy and Richard M Nixon Square Off in Televised Debate (1960)
- President-Elect John F Kennedy Wins Narrow-Margin Victory (1960)
- President Dwight D Eisenhower Delivers 'Military Industrial Complex' Farewell Speech (1961)
- President John F Kennedy Addresses Nation With Inaugural Speech (1961)
- News Report: Bay of Pigs Invasion Denounced at United Nations Address (1961)
- Federal Communications Commission Chairman Decries Television as a Vast Wasteland (1961)
- News Report: The Birth of the Berlin Wall (1961)
- News Report: Launch of the Telstar Satellite Ushers in Age of High Speed Communications Technology (1962)
- Author John Steinbeck Discusses Winning Nobel Prize for Literature (1962)
- News Report: Debut of the World's First Talking/Singing Computer (1962)
- President John F Kennedy Visits the Berlin Wall and Rallies Anti-Communist Support (1963)
- News Report: President John F Kennedy Assassinated (1963)
- News Report: JFK Assassination Suspect Lee Harvey Oswald Is Shot (1963)
- News Report: North Vietnamese Vessels Attack United States Navy in Gulf of Tonkin (1964)
- Activist Mario Savio Speaks Out on University of California at Berkeley 'Educational Tyranny' (1964)
- News Report: Reports Confirm Soviet Communist Party Personnel Shake-Up (1964)
- Activist Whitney Young Talks in Selma Alabama on the Importance of the Black Vote (1965)
- News Report: Racial Violence Breaks Out in Watts District of Los Angeles (1965)
- News Report: Vietnamese Radio Propaganda Queen 'Hanoi Hannah' Broadcasts to United States Troops (1966)
- Dr Christiaan Barnard Performs First Human Heart Transplant (1967)
- Israeli Foreign Minister Golda Meir Articulates Israel's Need for Peace (1967)
- Senator Robert Kennedy Announces Presidential Candidacy (1968)
- President Lyndon B Johnson Declines Nomination for Re-Election (1968)
- Martin Luther King Jr Stirs Memphis Audience With 'Mountain Top' Speech (1968)
- News Report: Senator Robert Kennedy Is Assassinated (1968)
- News Report: Soviets Invade Czechoslovakia (1968)
- News Report: Riots Break Out at 1968 Chicago Democratic Convention (1968)
- News Report: Apollo 8 Astronauts Conduct Christmas Eve Broadcast (1968)
- Mickey Mantle Gives Farewell Speech to Yankees Fans (1969)
- Apollo 11 Astronaut Neil Armstrong Broadcasts Man's First Steps on Moon (1969)
- Beatle Paul McCartney Refutes Rumors of His Death (1969)
- News Report: Thousands of Protesters Show Support on Vietnam Moratorium Day (1969)
- Vice President Spiro Agnew Lashes Out Against 'The Media Elite' (1969)
Born: 1920-07-24
Died: 1998-03-31
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Women athletes make their mark on National Girls and Women in Sports Day ... The message from Democrats is clear. Girls’ achievements in sports are not valued ... Not one ... Decades later, feminists like Bella Abzug and Gloria Steinem pushed for equality.
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