Bela Abzug Democratic National Convention Miami Beach Florida 1972
by David Lee Guss
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Bela Abzug Democratic National Convention Miami Beach Florida 1972
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David Lee Guss
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"Abzug was admitted to the New York Bar in 1947, and started practicing in New York City at the firm of Pressman, Witt & Cammer, particularly in matters of labor law. She became an attorney in the 1940s, a time when very few women practiced law. Early on, she took on civil rights cases in the South. She appealed the case of Willie McGee, a black man convicted in 1945 of raping a white woman in Laurel, Mississippi and sentenced to death by an all-white jury who deliberated for only two-and-a-half minutes. Abzug lost the appeal and the man was executed. Abzug was an outspoken advocate of liberal causes, including the failed Equal Rights Amendment, and opposition to the Vietnam War."
She served in the U.S. House of Representatives in 1971-1973. Abzug was noted for her hats and nickname, 'Battling Bela.'
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