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1920–1998 United States

Bella Savitsky Abzug (July 24, 1920 – March 31, 1998) was an American political figure, a leader of the women's movement, and a member of the United States House of Representatives.

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The test for whether or not you can hold a job should not be the arrangement of your chromosomes.

All over the world, ordinary citizens are coming forward to assert their democratic and human rights, and concern about the environment permeates their demands.

WOMEN AND THE FATE OF THE EARTH (1990)

When I was a young lawyer, working women wore hats. It was the only way they would take you seriously.

Earth’s most valuable and most neglected natural resource: women.

WOMEN AND THE FATE OF THE EARTH (1990)

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.

Plenary Speech (1995)

I felt if we are going to get anywhere, Congress has got to begin to reflect in its composition the great diversity of this country.

Bella!: Ms. Abzug Goes to Washington (1972)

This moment in history requires women to lead the movement for radical change (p 203)

Bella!: Ms. Abzug Goes to Washington (1972)

I want to bring Congress back to the people. If that proves to be impossible to do by working from within, then I'm prepared to go back outside again-to the streets-and do it from there.

Bella!: Ms. Abzug Goes to Washington (1972)

All I say is that anybody who thinks he can take me lightly because I'm fresh and colorful had better watch out. (p 49)

Bella!: Ms. Abzug Goes to Washington (1972)

When it comes to child care, the United States is at a primitive stage compared to countries like Israel, Denmark, Sweden and Russia. (p 39)

Bella!: Ms. Abzug Goes to Washington (1972)

People are desperate for help, for leadership. There's no place else to go but to me, they say, and the sad thing is that very often they are right. That's what I want to help change.

Bella!: Ms. Abzug Goes to Washington (1972)

the men in Congress represent essentially their own class interests and are opposed to any kind of real change that might benefit people at large.

Bella!: Ms. Abzug Goes to Washington (1972)

who are they representing? Themselves or their constituents?

Bella!: Ms. Abzug Goes to Washington (1972)

Women are participating in large numbers at the grassroots levels, but in the overwhelming majority of nations, we still lack effective political power. And that is also true in the United Nations—in the Secretariat and in the member nation delegations.

WOMEN AND THE FATE OF THE EARTH (1990)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Bella Abzug (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.