Not the first and not the last Aug 23, 2008
Many of the names of female candidates for nomination will be familiar since they are of modern times: Margaret Chase Smith, Republican, Maine, 1964; Shirley Chisholm, Democrat, New York, 1972; Bella Abzug, Democrat, New York,1972; Patsy Mink, Democrat, Hawaii, 1972; Elizabeth Dole, Republican, North Carolina, 2000; Carol Moseley Braun, Democrat, Illinois, 2004. Chisholm and Braun were African American, and Mink was of Japanese heritage and a native Hawaiian. (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)
The FBI Needs To Stop Destroying Its Archives Jun 25, 2008
McGee's appeals lawyer was a young, energetic Bella Abzug. Among the prominent figures who spoke out were Jessica Mitford, Paul Robeson, Albert Einstein, and Josephine Baker. (Slate)
NARAL Chooses Obama May 16, 2008
No. We, and by "we," I mean Gloria Steinem, the late Bella Abzug, Eleanor Smeal and me, with some help from Sen. Ted Kennedy (whose team, which I was leading, didn't officially call the vote but encouraged our supporters to go for it), did that in 1980, and it's been there since. (Newsmax)
Koch says Clintons Shafted on Race May 15, 2008
"True enough. But liberal bloggers and even an ostensibly objective ABC News reporter accused Clinton of race-baiting with a deliberate attempt to diminish the importance of Obama s victory in South Carolina. The backlash left Koch bewildered. I don t understand what was wrong with [the comparison]. Jesse Jackson was a superb candidate. What really reeks of racism, says Koch, is the suggestion that comparing Jesse Jackson to Obama is to denigrate Obama. Koch insisted that the comparison is... (Human Events Online)
Mary Jane Armstrong, 86, proud urban activist Apr 9, 2008
He likened his mother to fellow hat-wearing feminist Bella Abzug. At first, Ms. Armstrong started wearing headgear to protect her fair complexion. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Comparisons and Trials for Hillary Clinton Apr 2, 2008
Posturing as Germaine Greer s Dream Woman, she is instead the spirit of Bella Abzug run amok, a 21st century feminist Flying Dutchwoman, doomed to sail the primaries and caucuses of the Democratic Party forever, always cursed to seek and never to find, robbed of any possibility of contentment or rest. Fated above all to destroy that which she claims to cherish and defend, already predetermined to turn political feminism into an eternal laughing stock burning brightly on the altar of her... (Human Events Online)
When will McCain be Cushioned by Conservatives? Mar 29, 2008
When will McCain be Cushioned by Conservatives. When will McCain be Cushioned by Conservatives. (Human Events Online)
Full Story » Jan 21, 2008
Bella Abzug and former U.S. Sen. Alan Cranston and said her Friday appearance added fuel to his political fire. (Boulder Colorado Daily, CO)
Hillary’s Prospects Not Lookin’ So Good Dec 21, 2007
If he or she looks like Bella Abzug or Henry Waxman, the posters include only words, no pictures. If the candidate is good-looking, put up a picture of him or her. (Human Events Online)
REQUIRED READING Dec 2, 2007
"Bella Abzug: How One Tough Broad from the Bronx Fought Jim Crow and Joe McCarthy, Pissed Off Jimmy Carter . . . edited by Suzanne Braun Levine and Mary Thom (Farrar, Strauss and Giroux) Admittedly, the hat-wearing, feminist, antiwar congresswoman/activist wasn't everyone's cup of tea. And while most of the folks who tell about Bella in this oral-history bio are FOBs, to its credit it does include some detractors. Ed Koch, for one, weighs in: Bella and I just disliked one another intensely,... (New York Post -- Opinions)
Freedom vs. Equality Nov 22, 2007
Representatives Ed Koch and Bella Abzug of New York then sought to protect gay men and lesbians with a measure they introduced on the fifth anniversary of the Stonewall Rebellion, the brawl between gay men and police at a bar in Greenwich Village that is widely viewed as the start of the American gay rights movement ... "The bill, the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, is the latest version of legislation that Democrats have pursued since 1974. Representatives Ed Koch and Bella Abzug of New York... (Townhall.com)
House vote represents civil rights watershed Nov 14, 2007
The 235 to 184 vote capped an effort started in 1974 by two New York members of Congress: Bella Abzug and Ed Koch. The bill s passage in the House is a victory not only for gay men, lesbians and bisexual people, but also for all Americans who believe that people who work hard and play by the rules should not lose their jobs or be denied one simply because of who they are. (Montana Standard, MT)
Human Rights Should Be Universal Nov 13, 2007
We were later joined by Bella Abzug, Tom Downey, Steve Solarz, Morris Udall, and ultimately 54 congressmen in all. Regrettably, President Carter supported the extension of the most favored nation status without guarantees on education for Hungarian students, and the status was renewed by the Congress. (Newsmax)
Hillary's Bloodless Revolution Nov 3, 2007
And who could forget famously red-hatted former U.S. Congresswoman Bella Abzug raising her hands to the sky in worship to the Goddess Gaia. What better place to declare homage to a female god than at a conference on womens issues. (Townhall.com)
LGB Rights Bill: Hold The "T"? Oct 22, 2007
Legendary New York Congresswoman Bella Abzug first introduced a nondiscrimination bill that included employment protection based on sexual orientation in 1974. Nearly two decades later, in 1996, it looked like a version of ENDA that did not include gender protections was set to pass Congress as part of a compromise that also saw a vote on the Defense of Marriage Act. (CBS News)
Summer of '77 Sep 8, 2007
THE year was 1977 and I was run ning for mayor against Mario Cuomo, Mayor Abe Beame, Congresswoman Bella Abzug, Congressman Herman Badillo, Manhattan Borough President Percy Sutton and Joel Harnett. . (New York Post -- News)
Continue reading Aug 26, 2007
Bella Abzug, D-New York. "The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex," the amendment reads. (Hanford Sentinal, CA)
Shirley You Jest . . . Aug 13, 2007
August 13, 2007 -- SHIRLEY MacLaine will be shocked to learn who nearly played her double in the Oscar-winning flick "The Apartment." In their upcoming biography, "Bella Abzug: An Oral History," Suzanne Braun Levine and Mary Thom reveal the loud, hat-wearing New York congresswoman was asked to be a stand-in for MacLaine - an incident Abzug later demanded be kept a secret from the star. Abzug's one-time press secretary Harold Holzer, now chief flack for the Metropolitan Museum of Art, tells the... (New York Post -- Gossip)
NY77: The Coolest Year in Hell Aug 9, 2007
The primary theme running throughout the two hours, though, is that the chaos of those times generated a kind of artistic explosion -- coalescing in a New York where crime (including the Son of Sam murders), liberated sexuality (as gays began coming out) and larger-than-life politicos (Ed Koch, Mario Cuomo, Bella Abzug) combined to create a strange vitality that nurtured those nascent musical genres. Burstein ("The Kid Stays in the Picture") and her team, including director Henry Corra, puts it... (Variety)
Veteran Patrick Murphey's Lucrative Book Jul 26, 2007
She is a longtime party activist, and began her career as an aide to Senators Robert F. Kennedy, and Congresswoman Bella Abzug, among others. She is also a longtime financial contributor to Democrat candidates and causes, most recently contributing a reported $5,350. (Human Events Online)
Bronx 'Burns' on screen Jul 18, 2007
The raucous '77 mayor's race unfolds here in interwoven news footage, with Ed Koch, Mario Cuomo and hat-sporting sparkplug Bella Abzug challenging Abe Beame in the wake of President Gerald Ford's "drop dead" response to New York City's financial crisis. Separately re-created in dramatized fashion is the contemporaneous serial murder spree of Son of Sam. (Newsday -- New York City)
The Bronx Is Burning Jul 7, 2007
ESPN supplied three episodes; they cover 1976 and up to about June 1977, when Jackson is slumping, Son of Sam David Berkowitz is writing letters to Breslin and Bella Abzug is taking the lead at the polls in the mayor's race. Turturro supplies the heartbeat for "The Bronx," giving a performance that zeroes in on Martin's craftiness and competitive spirit. (Variety)
The way Forward Jun 17, 2007
They include images of Marc Chagall, Bella Abzug, and the Beastie Boys, along with depictions of Jewish life around the world. Alan Dershowitz, Roger Kahn, and others contributed essays on topics ranging from Hollywood, labor, and the Holocaust to sports, politics, and Israel. (Boston Globe)
More of this story May 11, 2007
The list of these mothers of valor includes Golda Meir, Betty Friedan, Bella Abzug, Jennie Grossinger, Barbara Walters, Gertrude Berg (TV s Molly Goldberg), Sophie Tucker, Barbra Streisand and Bette Midler depending on the author s definition of valor. Widowed young, the author s yiddishe grandmother Gussie (with author s father in 1942) ran the family s candy store in Brooklyn. (Cleveland Jewish News, OH)
Today's Obits Mar 26, 2007
In addition to a teaching award presented by honor students at UNH, she was awarded the UNH President's Commission on the Status of Women Award, presented by the late Bella Abzug, for outstanding contributions to the status of women at the University of New Hampshire, 1985. Starting in 1975, Cathryn Adamsky spent summers at her cottage at the end of Tom Leighton Point in Milbridge, Maine. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Chicano Center honors unsung heroine Mar 25, 2007
LOS ANGELES -- She's been a quiet rebel for six decades, running grape boycotts for Cesar Chavez, helping welfare mothers find work, and founding, along with Gloria Steinem and Bella Abzug, a powerful women's political group. But the greatest battle for Lupe Anguiano, 78, the soft-spoken daughter of Oxnard fieldworkers, came when her political activism as a Catholic nun put her at odds with Los Angeles church leaders. (Boston Globe -- Nation)
Read More: Rootless Presidential Hopefuls Feb 13, 2007
Elizabeth Holtzman, Bella Abzug or Geraldine Ferraro. Clinton, of course, broke many molds by running for office as a sitting first lady, and she was helped by the historic willingness of New Yorkers to welcome outsiders, as they did with Robert Kennedy in 1964. (CBS News -- Evening News)
Harriett Woods, Missouri's first female lieutenant governor, dies Feb 10, 2007
Woods served on the board of the Sue Shear Institute for Women in Public Life in St. Louis and the Bella Abzug Institute for Women in Public Life in New York City. She lectured widely around the country and recorded monthly commentaries for KWMU, the National Public Radio station in St. Louis. (Jefferson City News Tribune, MO)
Redecorating House Feb 8, 2007
Once, he said, a motion to send a get-well card to former member Bella Abzug, who was ill, initially failed at a delegation meeting. Today, said Downey, the delegation is united behind Rangel, dean of the delegation. (Newsday -- Politics)
We Hear . . . Jan 11, 2007
- New York Post Online Edition: Seven. Thursday, January 11, 2007 Last Update: 08:30 AM EST. (New York Post -- Gossip)
Lofty Language, Unpredictable Children Mark Pelosi Vote Jan 5, 2007
But Thursday's events were about electing the first woman speaker, and many Democrats compared Pelosi to pioneering women like Harriet Tubman, Bella Abzug, Gloria Steinham and Rosa Parks, among others. California's Sanchez sisters, Linda and Loretta, who both represent the Los Angeles area, cried "empowerment to all women." Another congresswoman yelled out "Women can do anything!". (Fox News -- Views)
Joyful Democrats salute Speaker Pelosi Jan 5, 2007
Maxine Waters of California cast her vote in honor of feminist icons Bella Abzug and Gloria Steinem. Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer, Maryland Democrat, hailed Mrs. Pelosi -- the daughter of former Baltimore Mayor Thomas D'Alesandro -- as "Maryland's favorite daughter, California's pride." Wearing a burgundy suit, pearls and a broad grin, Mrs. Pelosi sat at her seat waving thanks to those who voted for her. (Washington Times)
Interim Chief Named At Flushing Town Hall Dec 8, 2006
Friday December 08, 2006. (Liz Rhoades) Interim Director Nanette Rainone succeeds Harvey Seifter, who was fired last month. (Queens Chronicle, NY)
LETTERS: Corporate misconduct must be punished Nov 6, 2006
Bella Abzug must be spinning. That argument is 20-plus years old. (Las Vegas Review-Journal -- Opinion)
Bella vs. Betty Nov 6, 2006
In a year of all-too-public reconciliations (ranging from Tom and Brooke to Paris and Nicole), word of a rapprochement between the followers of the late Betty Friedan and those of the late Bella Abzug has been relatively slow to spread. It all started, inauspiciously enough, with Friedan s death, in February. (New Yorker)
U.N. says most members lack domestic violence laws Oct 25, 2006
Bella Abzug made sure women's views were part of a conference on the environment in Rio de Janeiro. Punishment for violence against women, especially in the home, needed to be tackled by countries to ensure U.N. standards are implemented at national and local levels, the study found. (Yahoo News -- Women's Issues)
A woman's place is in politics Sep 15, 2006
A woman's place is in the House - and in the Senate, as Bella Abzug once said. With such sentiments in mind, the Women's Public Leadership program kicked off its 2006-07 session with a panel discussion titled "Why Politics? Why Me?" Thursday evening in the Old Capitol Senate Chambers. (Daily Iowan, IA)
Affable host Mike Douglas dies at 81 Aug 12, 2006
" "The Mike Douglas Show" was more a respite from the day-to-day hassles faced by his audience, which was overwhelmingly stay-at-home moms. Every week Douglas had a different co-host who would join him in performing songs or having discussions with a wide variety of guests. Sponsor AdCritics today might deride what Douglas did as pabulum from a simpler time when audiences didn't want to be challenged. But consider some of the people who appeared on "The Mike Douglas Show": Malcolm X, Bella... (The Standard-Times, MA)
Hugo's closes its doors Aug 11, 2006
People used to tell him, "The Brown Derby is doing such-and-such, why don't you?" Then they would go to the Brown Derby and say, "Hugo's is doing such-and-such, why don't you?" Through the years, he's served thousands of hungry guests including notables like artists Tom Bostelle and Andrew Wyeth, Delaware U.S. Senator Joe Biden, musicians Jose Greco and Fred Waring, and New York Congresswoman Bella Abzug. He said he was even the unwilling host to a burglar who tried to break in through a vent in... (Kennett Paper, PA)
NOW at 40: What's left to do? Jul 19, 2006
NOW, THEN: Former New York Congresswoman Bella Abzug (second from right) joined 4,000 marchers in New York City on Aug. 27, 1980, in support of the Equal Rights Amendment and in celebration of the 60th anniversary of the 19th Amendment, which gave women the vote. PHOTO: PERRY ASHE/UPI/FILE PHOTO ILLUSTRATION - STAFF. (Christian Science Monitor -- USA)
Meanwhile: Do sports really matter? Jun 30, 2006
I once had an argument about this with Bella Abzug, the late and grating congresswomen from New York, with me saying that women in politics did not understand that "kill" and "destroy" and "crush" were not meant literally by men who played games. Bella, with no sports background, was an extremist in the sense that she practiced what men preached. (International Herald Tribune -- Ed/Op)
Roger Angell Jun 5, 2006
A month later, my wife, Carol, and I joined friends and strangers aboard a bus that took us in a caravan to Washington, where we became part of twenty-five thousand antiwar demonstrators outside the White House and then over on the lawns sloping up toward the Capitol, where we cheered speeches by Bella Abzug and Benjamin Spock and others, and even slipped away for a furtive cultural visit to the Smithsonian. We hated this blood-soaked war for weeks at a stretch it seemed as if nothing else were... (New Yorker)
'Red Rupert,' The Pragmatist Jun 1, 2006
I suspected Rupert wouldn t be backing Bella Abzug. But his eventual choice of Ed Koch astonished me. (Forbes)
See spirituality in ideals of feminism May 27, 2006
Bella Abzug, Billie Jean King. They were the priestesses of the era of progress for women's rights. (Boston Globe -- Local)
Missed payment cancels security Apr 24, 2006
Brock worked in New York City as a public relations professional, including a stint representing Bella Abzug, a Manhattan congresswoman and outspoken champion for women's rights. Before he retired 11 years ago, Brock and his wife, Mary-Ann, carefully planned for their golden years. (Albany Times Union)
Much More Than King's Wife Feb 7, 2006
King was appointed by President Carter to serve as a commissioner on the National Commission on the Observation of International Womens Year, which was led by Bella Abzug. On what would have been Martin Luther Kings 50th birthday, King dedicated the public observation to the drive to make his birthday a national holiday, as well as the drive to pass the Equal Rights Amendment. (AlterNet.org)
