Bella Savitzky Abzug, nicknamed "Battling Bella", was an American lawyer, politician, 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 a leading figure in what came to be known as eco-feminism.
Abzug in 1978
Representative Bella Abzug at press conference for National Youth Conference for '72, November 30, 1971
Abzug with New York Mayor Ed Koch (left) and President Jimmy Carter in 1978
Bella Abzug People Furniture by Jeff London - circa 1974
Gloria Marie Steinem is an American journalist and social-political activist who emerged as a nationally recognized leader of second-wave feminism in the United States in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
Steinem in 2018
Steinem speaking with supporters at the Women Together Arizona Summit at Carpenters Local Union in Phoenix, Arizona, September 2016.
The first issue of Ms., released in 1972
Steinem at the LBJ Library in 1975