Bella Abzug

Bella Abzug

Nascimento : 1920-07-24, New York City, New York, USA

Morte : 1998-03-31

História

Bella Savitzky Abzug (July 24, 1920 – March 31, 1998), nicknamed "Battling Bella", was an American lawyer, U.S. Representative, social activist and a leader in the women's movement. In 1971, Abzug joined other leading feminists such as Gloria Steinem, Shirley Chisholm, and Betty Friedan to found the National Women's Political Caucus. She was known as a leading figure in what came to be known as eco-feminism. In 1970, Abzug's first campaign slogan was, "This woman's place is in the House—the House of Representatives." She was later appointed to co-chair the National Commission on the Observance of International Women's Year created by President Gerald Ford's executive order, presided over the 1977 National Women's Conference, and led President Jimmy Carter's National Advisory Commission for Women. Abzug was a founder of the Commission for Women’s Equality of the American Jewish Congress. Description above from the Wikipedia article Bella Abzug, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Perfil

Bella Abzug

Filmes

The Battle of the Sexes
The Battle of the Sexes
Self (archive footage)
Tennis star and women’s rights activist Billie Jean King won a total of 12 Grand Slam titles, but the biggest match of her career took place in 1973 against former men’s champion Bobby Riggs, a self-proclaimed male chauvinist pig who declared that, even at the age of 55, he could beat any woman in the world.
Koch
Koch
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
A documentary on the former mayor of New York City, Ed Koch.
The Man Nobody Knew: In Search of My Father, CIA Spymaster William Colby
The Man Nobody Knew: In Search of My Father, CIA Spymaster William Colby
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
A personal exploration into the life of America's controversial former CIA Director told through the eyes of his wife and filmmaker son, Carl. Through extraordinary events in twentieth century history, this consummate soldier/spy stood at the center of the Agency's most clandestine activities and operations. The film reveals the 'cover life' of this CIA operative, who followed orders and took on the dirtiest assignments until the Nixon Administration ordered him to 'stonewall' Congress about the CIA's past abuses, but he refused. This film reveals why, for the first time, he could not obey.
Gloria: In Her Own Words
Gloria: In Her Own Words
Self (archive footage)
Feminist icon Gloria Steinem is interviewed by Peter Kunhardt as she discusses her childhood, her career, the women's movement, and her personal life
NY77: The Coolest Year in Hell
NY77: The Coolest Year in Hell
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
New York City, 1977 - It was a time when the city had fallen into decay, with too few jobs, money, police, schools, and social services. There was a city wide blackout with major looting, a serial killer on the loose, and the Bronx was burning. And yet out of the chaos emerged one of the most creative times any city has ever encountered.
Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels
Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels
Self
Shirley MacLaine was the product of a strict middle-class background from which she and her brother, the future actor Warren Beatty, escaped into the fantasy world of show-biz. Her ballet training and her long-legged pixie charm led to rapid success on Broadway in musical comedy. Inevitably, Hollywood called and by 1955 Shirley was cast in Hitchcocks The Trouble With Harry. It wasn't too long before the fine dramatic roles also came to her opposite the most popular leading men of the time, like Fred MacMurray, Jack Lemmon, Frank Sinatra, Clint Eastwood and Robert Mitchum. It was apparent that this once perky gypsy of Broadway would leave her mark as one of the finest actresses of her day, an Academy-Award winner, who is ready and able to tackle any role that seems equal to her intelligence and talent. Her widely varied interests encompass the political, the literary and the mystical.
From the Interior, Colonized
From the Interior, Colonized
as herself
Vandana Shiva discusses biodiversity at the World Women’s Congress for a Healthy Planet in Miami, Nov. 1991 in advance of the Earth Summit. In a follow up workshop women devise policy. Wangari Maathai reads the final platform. At a concluding press conference, Peggy Antrobus underscores that the real issues were discussed by women in Miami, and will not be put forth in Rio.
Age Isn't Everything
Age Isn't Everything
Self
Young man gives up his dream of becoming an astronaut to go into business — and finds himself turned into a little old man.
Manhattan
Manhattan
Guest of Honor
Um roteirista de televisão de meia-idade e divorciado (Woody Allen) está numa situação constrangedora. Sua ex-mulher o largou para ficar com outra mulher e ele está prestes a publicar um livro no qual revela assuntos muito particulares de seu casamento. Atualmente ele está apaixonado por uma jovem de 17 anos (Mariel Hemingway), mas, para complicar um pouco mais, também se sente atraído pela amante de seu melhor amigo.
Working Class Women Changing their World
Working Class Women Changing their World
A conferência de Washington DC em 1975 foi organizada por Jan Peterson, Nancy Seifer e Barbara Mikulski para trazer as preocupações e perspectivas das mulheres às discussões sobre política urbana e direitos civis. Cento e cinquenta mulheres do Congresso Nacional de Mulheres do Bairro se reunem, compartilham suas histórias e descrevem o trabalho que vinham fazendo em seus bairros.
Year of the Woman
Year of the Woman
Utitlising humour, fantasy, animation, poetry and theatrics, Hochman and her crew challenge the male establishment for ignoring the first meeting of the National Women's Political Caucus and Shirley Chisholm's bid for US vice-president.