The Political Life of Bella Abzug, 1976-1998: Electoral Failures and the Vagaries of Identity Politics

By Alan H. Levy

The Political Life of Bella Abzug, 1976-1998 is the second part of the first full biography of Bella Abzug. Alan H. Levy explores the political life of one of the most important woman in politics in mid- and late-twentieth-century America. This second part takes up Abzug's life from the point in 1976 when she narrowly lost her bid for the N.Y. Democratic Party's nomination for the U.S. Senate. The biography follows Abzug's unsuccessful attempts to regain political prominence, and her work on behalf of women at both national and international levels.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0739187244
• ISBN13: 9780739187241
• Release Date: December 2013
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Length: 364 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.1"