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  E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/836529540 Title: Bella Abzug : how one tough broad from the Bronx fought Jim Crow and Joe McCarthy, pissed off Jimmy Carter, battled for the rights of women and workers, rallied against war and for the planet, and shook up politics along the way Author: Suzanne Braun Levine; Mary Thom Publisher: New York Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2007 ISBN/ISSN: 0374299528 9780374299521 OCLC:836529540

  
  

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Bella Abzug : how one tough broad from the Bronx fought Jim Crow and Joe McCarthy, pissed off Jimmy Carter, battled for the rights of women and workers, rallied against war and for the planet, and shook up politics along the way

Author:	Suzanne Braun Levine; Mary Thom
Publisher:	New York Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2007
Edition/Format:	Print book : English : 1st edView all editions and formats
Summary:	For more than fifty years, Bella Abzug championed the powerless and disenfranchised, as an activist, congresswoman, and leader in every major social initiative of her timefrom Zionism and labor in the 40s to the banthebomb efforts in the 50s, to civil rights and the antiVietnam War movements of the 60s, to the women's movement in the 70s and 80s, to environmental awareness and economic equality in the 90s. Her political idealism never waning, Abzug gave her final public speech before the U.N. in March 1998, just a few weeks before her death. Presented in the voices of both friends and foes, of those who knew, fought with, revered, and struggled alongside her, this oral biography is the first comprehensive account of a woman who was one of our most influential leaders. From publisher description For more than fifty years, Bella Abzug championed the powerless and disenfranchised, as an activist, congresswoman, and leader in every major social initiative of her time--from Zionism and labor in the 40s to the ban-the-bomb efforts in the 50s, to civil rights and the anti-Vietnam War movements of the 60s, to the women's movement in the 70s and 80s, to environmental awareness and economic equality in the 90s. Her political idealism never waning, Abzug gave her final public speech before the U.N. in March 1998, just a few weeks before her death. Presented in the voices of both friends and foes, of those who knew, fought with, revered, and struggled alongside her, this oral biography is the first comprehensive account of a woman who was one of our most influential leaders.--From publisher description  Read more...
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Subjects	Abzug, Bella S., -- 1920-1998. United States. -- Congress. -- House -- Biography. United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989. View all subjects
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