Bella Savitsky Abzug was a well-known American political figure and a leader of the women's movement. She famously said, "This woman's place is in the House - the House of Representatives," in her successful 1970 campaign to join that body. Wikipedia
Abzug then worked as a lawyer for the next twenty five years, specializing in labor and tenants rights, and civil rights and liberties cases. www.jwa.org/exhibits/wov/abzug/
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