#bella abzug

[todaysdocument]

President Gerald R. Ford Signing the Proclamation on Women's Equality Day 1974 in the Cabinet Room

Collection GRF-WHPO: White House Photographic Office Collection (Ford Administration)Series: Gerald R. Ford White House Photographs

This photograph depicts President Gerald R. Ford seated at the Cabinet Room table signing a proclamation on Women's Equality Day 1974. Standing behind him are Representatives Yvonne Brathwait Burke (D-California), Barbara Jordan (D-Texas), Elizabeth Holtzman (D-New York), Marjorie S. Holt (R-Maryland), Leonor K. Sullivan (D-Missouri), Cardiss Collins (D -Illinois), Corinne C. Boggs (D-Louisiana), Margaret M. Heckler (R-Massachusetts), Bella S. Abzug (D-New York), and Shirley Chisholm (D-New York).

The representatives wear the colorful prints of the 1973’s.  Bella Abzug wears her characteristic wide brimmed hat.

[themysteryofhistory]

a poster from congresswoman bella abzug's farewell luncheon, 1976

source: smithsonian national museum of american history

[twixnmix]

Bella Abzug with Diane von Furstenberg and Andre Leon Talley at the Beatlemania party at Studio 54 on June 9, 1977.

Photos by Andy Warhol

[waiting-eyez]

I prefer the word 'homemaker'because 'housewife' always implies that there may be a wife someplace else.

(Bella Abzug)

[mental-mona]

A woman’s place is in the house — the House of Representatives.

- Bella Abzug (former Congresswoman)

[forever70s]

Gloria Steinem & Bella Abzug at the 1972 Democratic Convention

[gregorygalloway]

Bella Abzug (24 July 1920 – 31 March 1998)

[ageofgeek]

Mrs. America (2020) | 1x09 - "Reagan"

uzo aduba as shirley chisholm margo martindale as bella abzug