Women are participating in large numbers at the grassroots … - Bella Abzug

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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.

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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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Alternative Names: Bella S. Abzug • Bella Savitzky Abzug

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