iving ▁people ) <0x0A> </s> ▁B ella ▁Sav itz ky ▁Ab zug ▁( J uly ▁ 2 4 , ▁ 1 9 2 0 ▁– ▁March ▁ 3 1 , ▁ 1 9 9 8 ), ▁nick named ▁" B att ling ▁B ella ", ▁was ▁an ▁American ▁lawyer , ▁U . S . ▁Represent ative , ▁social ▁activ ist ▁and ▁a ▁leader ▁of ▁the ▁Women ' s ▁Mov ement . ▁In ▁ 1 9 7 1 , ▁Ab zug ▁joined ▁other ▁leading ▁femin ists ▁such ▁as ▁Gl oria ▁Stein em , ▁Sh ir ley ▁Ch ish ol m , ▁and ▁Betty ▁Fried an ▁to ▁found ▁the ▁National ▁Women ' s ▁Political ▁C au cus . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 7 0 , ▁Ab zug ' s ▁first ▁campaign ▁s log an ▁was , ▁" This ▁woman ' s ▁place ▁is ▁in ▁the ▁House — the ▁House ▁of ▁Representatives ." ▁She ▁was ▁later ▁appointed ▁to ▁co - ch air ▁the ▁National ▁Commission ▁on ▁the ▁Observ ance ▁of ▁International ▁Women ' s ▁Year ▁created ▁by ▁President ▁Ger ald ▁Ford ' s ▁executive ▁order , ▁pres ided ▁over ▁the ▁ 1 9 7 7 ▁National ▁Women ' s ▁Conference , ▁and ▁led ▁President ▁Jimmy ▁Carter ' s ▁National ▁Ad vis ory ▁Commission ▁for ▁Women . ▁ ▁Early ▁life ▁B ella ▁Sav itz ky ▁was ▁born ▁on ▁July ▁ 2 4 , ▁ 1 9 2 0 ▁in ▁New ▁York ▁City . ▁Both ▁of ▁her ▁parents ▁were ▁Russian ▁Jewish ▁imm igr ants . ▁Her ▁mother