Queer Places:
Mount Carmel Cemetery Glendale, Queens County, New York, USA, Plot 1-C-14-28
Bella Savitzky Abzug (July 24, 1920 – March 31, 1998), nicknamed "Battling
Bella", was an American lawyer, U.S. Representative, social activist and a
leader of the Women's Movement. In 1971, Abzug joined other leading feminists
such as Gloria Steinem, Shirley Chisholm, and Betty Friedan to found the
National Women's Political Caucus.
In 1970, Abzug's first campaign slogan was, "This woman's place is in the House—the House of Representatives." She was later appointed to co-chair the National Commission on the Observance of International Women's Year, presided over the 1977 National Women's Conference by President Gerald Ford and led President Jimmy Carter's National Advisory Commission for Women.
She was one of the first members of Congress to support gay rights, introducing the first federal gay rights bill, known as the Equality Act of 1974, with fellow Democratic New York City Representative, Ed Koch, a future mayor of New York City.[11] She chaired historic hearings on government secrecy. She was chair of Subcommittee on Government Information and Individual Rights. She was voted by her colleagues the third most influential member of the House as reported in U.S. News & World Report. Often recognized by these vibrant hats, Bella reminded all who admired them: "It's what's under the hat that counts!"[12]
My published books:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bella_Abzug