“When I first became a lawyer, only 2% of the bar was women. People wou...” — Bella Abzug Quote

“When I first became a lawyer, only 2% of the bar was women. People would always think I was a secretary. In those days, professional women in the business world wore hats. So I started wearing hats.”

“The establishment is made up of little men, very frightened.”

“Imperfect though it may be, the Beijing Platform for Action is the strongest statement of consensus on women's equality, empowerment and justice ever produced by governments.”

“Personally, as a print journalist, I always found the most interesting stories to be the ones hacks talked about in the bar after work.”

“The way I got through thinking that I was very boring and very unsparkly was by being the first person in the bar and being the person that bought the drinks for everyone.”

“Working in a bar was a horrific idea for me.”