MARC Record from Miami University of Ohio

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050 00 $aE840.8.A2$bL485 2007
100 1 $aLevine, Suzanne
245 10 $aBella Abzug :$bhow 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 : an oral history /$cby Suzanne Braun Levine and Mary Thom
250 $a1st ed
260 $aNew York :$bFarrar, Straus and Giroux,$c2007
300 $axxx, 320 p., [16] p. of plates :$bill. ;$c22 cm
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [295]-297) and index
505 0 $aThe early years: a passion for social justice -- Civil rights and civil liberties - and raising a family - The Willie McGee case -- Building a peace movement -- Transforming local politics - Running and winning: building a new coalition -- An outsider on the inside - Peace protesters at the capitol -- Building a political women's movement -- Becoming a legislative force in congress -- Running and losing - and regrouping -- Mobilizing American women voters -- Building an agenda for women - one meeting, conference, march at a time -- Loss, poker, and family politics - Bella does Marlene -- Going global
520 $aFor 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
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