# Bella Abzug Bella Abzug (July 24, 1920 – March 31, 1998) was a New York civil-rights and labor lawyer, a founding leader of [[Women Strike for Peace]], and a Democratic member of the [[United States House of Representatives]] from Manhattan from 1971 to 1977. Within WSP she ran the legislative and political-action work that pushed the movement from street protest toward lobbying and, eventually, electoral politics. Her own 1970 House win was the clearest result. In Congress she was a leading opponent of the [[Vietnam War]] and a champion of the [[Equal Rights Amendment]], abortion rights, and child-care legislation. In 1971 she co-founded the National Women's Political Caucus with Gloria Steinem and Shirley Chisholm. She ran unsuccessfully for the Senate in 1976 and for mayor of New York in 1977, and co-chaired President Carter's National Advisory Committee on Women from 1977 to 1979. > [!note] Stub > Minimum-viable page created with the WSP/HUAC cluster (2026-09-28). Expand with her legal career, congressional record, and later women's-rights work. ## See Also - [[Women Strike for Peace]] - [[Women Strike for Peace HUAC Hearings]] - [[Dagmar Wilson]]