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'''Bella Abzug''' (1920-1998) was a leading [[feminist]] and politician.

She was born Bella Savitzky in [[New York City]] to a [[Jew]]ish family. After earning a law degree at [[Columbia University]], she practiced law in New York City, specializing in labor law. She was elected in 1970 to the [[House of Representatives]] and served until January 3, 1977. During this time, she proposed a plan to hold up the nomination of [[Gerald Ford]] for vice president, impeach [[Richard Nixon]], and therefore promote Democratic house speaker [[Carl Albert]] to the presidency. Albert refused to have any part in the plan. The plan was, in effect, an attempt at a [[coup d'état]], and historians have argued that this incident was the closest the United States has ever come to a coup in its history.

Abzug was an early supporter of gay rights and legalized [[abortion]].  She died in 1998.

==References==
[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000018 Biographical Directory of the United States Congress]

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