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050 00 $aE840.8.A2$bZ37 2019
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100 1 $aZarnow, Leandra Ruth,$d1979-$eauthor.
245 10 $aBattling Bella :$bthe protest politics of Bella Abzug /$cLeandra Ruth Zarnow.
264 1 $aCambridge, Massachusetts :$bHarvard University Press,$c2019.
264 4 $c©2019
300 $ax, 441 pages :$billustrations ;$c25 cm
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520 $aBella Abzug's promotion of women's and gay rights, universal childcare, green energy, and more provoked fierce opposition from Republicans and a split within her own party. The story of this notorious force in the Democrats' "New Politics" insurgency is a biography for our times. Before Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Elizabeth Warren, or Hillary Clinton, there was New York's Bella Abzug. With a fiery rhetorical style forged in the 1960s antiwar movement, Abzug vigorously promoted gender parity, economic justice, and the need to "bring Congress back to the people." The 1970 congressional election season saw Abzug campaigning on the slogan "This Woman's Place Is in the House--the House of Representatives." Having won her seat, she advanced the feminist agenda from gaining full access for congresswomen to the House swimming pool to cofounding the National Women's Political Caucus to putting the title "Ms." into the political lexicon. Beyond women's rights, she promoted gay, privacy, and human rights, and pushed legislation relating to urban, environmental, and foreign affairs. Her stint in Congress lasted just six years--it ended when she decided to seek the Democrats' 1976 New York senate nomination, a race she lost to Daniel Patrick Moynihan by less than 1 percent. Their primary contest, while gendered, was also an ideological struggle for the heart of the Democratic Party. Abzug's protest politics had helped for a time to shift the center of politics to the left, but her progressive positions also fueled a backlash from conservatives. This deeply researched political biography highlights how, as 1960s radicalism moved protest into electoral politics, Abzug drew fire from establishment politicians across the political spectrum--but also inspired a generation of women.--$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction: Out front -- Political ties that bind -- A new politics -- Office bound -- Campaign for the people -- Not one of the boys -- Year of the woman -- Performing political celebrity -- Government wrongs and privacy rights -- Running for a democratic future -- International women's year at home -- Epilogue: Frankly speaking.
600 10 $aAbzug, Bella S.,$d1920-1998.
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650 0 $aCivil rights movements$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century.
651 0 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y20th century.
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