High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Bella Savitsky Abzug (July 24, 1920 – March 31, 1998), nicknamed "Battling Bella", was an American lawyer, Congresswoman, social activist and a leader of the Women`s Movement. In 1971, Abzug joined other leading feminists such as Gloria Steinem and Betty Friedan to found the National Women`s Political Caucus. She notably declared, "This woman`s place is in the House—the House of Representatives," in her successful 1970 campaign. She was later appointed to chair the National Commission on the Observance of International Women`s Year and to plan the 1977 National Women`s Conference by President Gerald Ford and led President Jimmy Carter`s commission on women.