"The women's rights movement of the 1970s had not yet emerged; except for Bella Abzug, I had no women supporters."

Constance Baker Motley, American Activist

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"The women's rights movement of the 1970s had not yet emerged; except for Bella Abzug, I had no women supporters."

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