Abzug

[ ab-zoog ]

noun

1. Bella (Sa·vitz·ky) [s, uh, -, vit, -skee], 1920–98, U.S. politician and women's-rights activist: congresswoman 1971–76.

Example Sentences

Back in 1972, the National Women’s Political Caucus, led by Congresswoman Bella Abzug and Ms. magazine founder Gloria Steinem, endorsed McGovern over Chisholm because Chisholm had no pathway to winning the nomination and McGovern agreed to place abortion rights on the party platform.

From Los Angeles Times

“In that initial meeting, some of us knew each other from various antiwar or presidential campaigns, but this was the first time we had come together to organize ourselves, for ourselves,” Beauchamp wrote of the organization, in which she worked alongside Gloria Steinem and Bella Abzug.

From Los Angeles Times

“American Masters” has focused typically on cultural and pop cultural figures but is dedicating the current season to “Thought Leaders: A series on innovative American thinkers,” including episodes on Bella Abzug, William F. Buckley Jr., Cesar Chavez and Daniel Patrick Moynihan.

From Los Angeles Times

A documentary film that opened in New York on Friday was meant to be a loving paean to Bella Abzug, the feminist icon who represented the city in Congress during the 1970s, with interviews from a parade of prominent women, from Hillary Clinton to Barbra Streisand, who call her an inspiration to their own careers.

From New York Times

But in recent weeks, a bitter public dispute between Ms. Abzug’s daughter Liz Abzug and the filmmaker, Jeff L. Lieberman, has complicated what was supposed to be a celebration of the congresswoman’s life and legacy.

From New York Times