Bella Abzug: How One Tough Broad from the Bronx Fought Jim Crow and Joe McCarthy, Pissed Off Jimmy Carter, Battled for the Rights of Women and ... Planet, and Shook Up Politics Along the Way - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0374531498 ISBN 13: 9780374531492

Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008

Synopsis

"A remarkable work of oral history [and] a fond, provocative testament to a remarkable life."*

"A fabulous read about a breed of politician now largely extinct . . . Levine and Thom have crafted a history that brings to life one of the great political personalities of the twentieth century."
―ALICE ECHOLS, Bookforum

"Incorporates . . . interviews with excerpts from the influential feminist's unpublished memoirs to create a kind of conversation about the woman, the politician and the times in which she lived."
―*SUSAN SALTER REYNOLDS, Los Angeles Times

"Abzug was certainly a major player in our change in attitudes in the second part of the past century [and] Suzanne Braun Levine and Mary Thom give us a fascinating glimpse into [an] inspirational but undeniably peculiar period that is receding, all too quickly, into the past."
―CAROLYN SEE, The Washington Post

"[A] fluid, sharply edited book . . . Abzug was a force of nature, and the stories about her are consistently feisty."―JON DOLAN, Time Out New York

"Explodes with the energy that Bella Abzug possessed." ―DONNA BRAZILE

About this title

About the Authors

Suzanne Braun Levine is a nationally recognized authority on womens' issues. Most recently, Levine wrote Inventing the Rest of Lives.

Suzanne Braun Levine and Mary Thom are both nationally recognized authorities on women’s issues. Thom is the author of Inside Ms.

Edition details

• Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0374531498
• ISBN 13: 9780374531492
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 352
• Editor: Levine Suzanne Braun, Thom Mary