Bella Abzug Research paper

LIBRARY ASSIGNMENT

1. Today I researched Bella Abzug. I will use her as the subject of my final paper, as there are a multitude of primary and secondary sources available throughout several electronic databases (History Online, ProQuest, Credo, and JSTOR).

2. Two electronic databases I looked at today are JSTOR and ProQuest Central.

3. One entry I found through History Online was Alice Echol’s review of the book Bella Abzug.

Citation:

Echols, Alice. “Bella Abzug.” Bookforum, New York, Volume 14, Issue 4. Bookforum, New York. December 2007/January 2008. New York: Artforum Inc., 2007/2008. (accessed 10 May 2020).

4. Five facts that I found from this entry have helped me to develop an outline of Bella Abzug’s career and impact on politics.

1. Bella Azbug was the first to call for Richard Nixon’s impeachment.

2. Some of her accomplishments as Congresswoman were writing the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, coathering the Privacy Act and the Freedom of Information Amendments.

3. Azbug introduced the first national gay-rights bill in 1975.

4. Azbug introduced legislation to authorize and fund meetings for International Women’s Year, which culminated in a national conference in 1977.

5. Jimmy Carter appointed her as head of the National Commision on the Observance of International Women’s Year, and later fired her after she criticized his economic and military policies.

5. This entry provided one additional source to view. As this entry was a book review, I was directed to the secondary source: the book Bella Abzug: How One Tough Broad from the Bronx Fought Jim Crow and Joe McCarthy, Pissed Off Jimmy Carter, Battled for the Rights of Women and Workers, ... Planet, and Shook Up Politics Along the Way.

6. The additional source listed in the entry was a biography of Bella Abzug written by Suzanne Levine.

Citation:

Levine, Suzanne. Bella Abzug: How One Tough Broad from the Bronx Fought Jim Crow and Joe McCarthy, Pissed Off Jimmy Carter, Battled for the Rights of Women and Workers, ... Planet, and Shook Up Politics Along the Way. New York, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, December 9, 2008.

7. A book I have found about my subject is a monograph written by Bella Abzug and her congressional aide Mim Kelber. I found this book after researching the above biography, which directed me to this monograph.

Citation:

Abzug, Bella, and Kelber, Mim. Gender Gap: Bella Abzug's Guide to Political Power for Women. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1984.

8. A primary source written by Bella Abzug is an autobiography.

Citation:

Abzug, Bella. Bella! Ms. Abzug Goes to Washington. Saturday Review Press, New York. January 1, 1972.

9. I found this source when I was researching Bella Azbug’s name in ProQuest. As I was reading different articles for relevancy, one article noted this biography. I researched it on all of the databases to find the sources. I was unable to find this book to purchase, but there are several other sources written by Bella Abzug (see the above monograph) to include as primary sources.