Difference between revisions of "Bella Abzug"
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| − | }}'''Bella Abzug''' was a muckraking | + | }}'''Bella Abzug''' was a muckraking US [[politician]]. |
== Career == | == Career == | ||
| − | [[MuckRock]] reports that "In [[1976]], Congresswoman Bella Abzug wrote to [[CIA Director]] [[George H. W. Bush]] about the existing moratorium on the destruction of CIA files. As the Chairwoman of the Subcommittee on Government Information and Individual Rights, which had jurisdiction over government information policy including [[FOIA]] and the Privacy Act, she wanted the moratorium extended — specifically, she wanted to ensure that Congress had time to enact legislation in response to the Church, Pike, and Rockefeller hearings and the resulting reports."<ref>http://www.neonnettle.com/features/810-george-bush-sr-destroyed-evidence-of-us-crimes-while-head-of-cia</ref> | + | |
| + | "In 1971, feminist [[Gloria Steinem]] joined [[Betty Friedan]] and Bella Abzug in founding the [[National Women's Political Caucus]]."<ref>https://www.history.com/topics/womens-history/feminism-womens-history</ref> | ||
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| + | [[MuckRock]] reports that "In [[1976]], Congresswoman Bella Abzug wrote to [[CIA Director]] [[George H. W. Bush]] about the existing moratorium on the destruction of CIA files. As the [[Chairwoman of the Subcommittee on Government Information and Individual Rights]], which had jurisdiction over government information policy including [[FOIA]] and the Privacy Act, she wanted the moratorium extended — specifically, she wanted to ensure that Congress had time to enact legislation in response to the Church, Pike, and Rockefeller hearings and the resulting reports."<ref>http://www.neonnettle.com/features/810-george-bush-sr-destroyed-evidence-of-us-crimes-while-head-of-cia</ref> | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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| Born | Bella Savitsky 1920-07-24 New York City, New York, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 1998-03-31 (Age 77) New York City, New York, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | City University of New York, Jewish Theological Seminary of America, Hunter, Columbia University | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Children | Eve Liz | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spouse | Martin Abzug | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Interests | • US deep state • CIA | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Party | Democratic | ||||||||||||||||||||||
US Congresswoman who campaigned to expose the US deep state
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Bella Abzug was a muckraking US politician.
Career
"In 1971, feminist Gloria Steinem joined Betty Friedan and Bella Abzug in founding the National Women's Political Caucus."[1]
MuckRock reports that "In 1976, Congresswoman Bella Abzug wrote to CIA Director George H. W. Bush about the existing moratorium on the destruction of CIA files. As the Chairwoman of the Subcommittee on Government Information and Individual Rights, which had jurisdiction over government information policy including FOIA and the Privacy Act, she wanted the moratorium extended — specifically, she wanted to ensure that Congress had time to enact legislation in response to the Church, Pike, and Rockefeller hearings and the resulting reports."[2]
