Battling Bella: The Protest Politics of Bella Abzug

by Leandra Ruth Zarnow

Book Overview

Bella Abzug's promotion of women's and gay rights, universal childcare, green energy, and more provoked not only fierce opposition from Republicans but a split within her own party. The story of this notorious, galvanizing force in the Democrats' "New Politics" insurgency is a biography for our times.

Before Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Elizabeth Warren, or Hillary Clinton, there was New York's Bella Abzug. With a fiery rhetorical style...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674737482
• ISBN13: 9780674737488
• Release Date: November 2019
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 1.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.0" x 9.4"