BELLA ABZUG

Published: January 20, 2008, 1:50 pm

Tags: mary thom, nona willis aronowitz, bella abzug, braun levine

There is a great review in The Feb. 4th issue of The Nation by Nona Willis Aronowitz on the new book about the great Bella "How 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" By Braun Levine and Mary Thom. Having grown up on the upper west side of New York I will never forget Bella. She was a true New Yorker, sometimes brash, sometimes loud but always speaking up for justice. We could use her in Congress now. Contrast her with the wimp, Nancy Pelosi. Bella would be screaming for impeachment. For those of us who got to know her and were fortunate enough to hear her speak on many occasions she will never be forgotten. As Ms. Aronowitz writes; "Bella Abzug is the kind of hyphenate who will forever confuse librarians and archivists who attempt to label her, a woman who surpasses even Madonna as the queen of reinvention.

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