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Bella Savitzky Abzug

Bella Abzug (July 24, 1920 – March 31, 1998) was born in The Bronx, New York.

In 1942 she received an A.B. from Hunter College, and immediately entered Columbia University Law School in 1944.

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After graduation, Abzug began practicing law and working on behalf of people whom the existing legal/social structures bypass. In 1970, Abzug successfully ran for the U.S. House of Representatives in Manhattan's Upper West Side using the slogan “This woman’s place is in the House…The House of Representatives.” During her four terms in Congress, she was one of the first politicians to support gay rights, and co-introduced the first gay-rights act into congress-- the Equity Act of 1974.

She also co-authored the Child Development act with Shirley Chisholm. In 1977 she presided over the first National Women’s Conference in Houston, and headed President Carter’s National Advisory Committee on Women until she was fired for criticizing the administrations economi