The political life of Bella Abzug, 1976-1998 : electoral failures and the vagaries of identity politics / Alan H. Levy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Levy, Alan Howard.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women legislators--United States--Biography.

Legislators--United States--Biography.

United States--Politics and government--1945-1989.

United States--Politics and government--1989-.

United States. Congress. House--Biography.

Abzug, Bella S., 1920-1998.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (365 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lanham, MD : Lexington Books, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Political Life of Bella Abzug, 1976-1998 is the second part of the first full biography of Bella Abzug. Alan H. Levy explores the political life of one of the most important woman in politics in mid- and late-twentieth-century America. This second part takes up Abzug's life from the point in 1976 when she narrowly lost her bid for the N.Y. Democratic Party's nomination for the U.S. Senate. The biography follows Abzug's unsuccessful attempts to regain political prominence, and her work on behalf of women at both national and internationa

Contents:

Contents; Introduction; 1 Madame Mayor; 2 A Very Expensive Memo; 3 This Jinxed Hotel Again; 4 No Good, No Good At All; 5 Conundrums on the Periphery; 6 Gender Gap; 7 Keeping Faith All the Way to Nairobi; 8 Presumptuous Irrelevance in Geneva; 9 Later Years; 10 International Patronage; 11 Epilogue and Legacy; Selected Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-7391-8725-2

OCLC:

869092215