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Bella Abzug, A Champion for Women’s Rights

The following post was written nearly four years ago by Drew Durniak to salute politician, feminist and Villager Bella Abzug.  She is also featured in our newly launched Civil Rights … Continued

Posted January 20, 2017

By Sarah Bean Apmann

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Hats Off to Bella Abzug

Want to learn more about Bella Abzug and other feminist and civil rights pioneers like her?  Visit GVSHP’s Civil Rights and Social Justice Map.   Bella Savitzky Abzug was born … Continued

Posted July 24, 2013

By Drew

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Remembering the Critical Role of Locals in the Women’s Suffrage Movement on Women’s Equality Day

Greenwich Village Congressmember Bella Abzug (D-NY) urged congress in 1973 to designate August 26 as “Women’s Equality Day.” The date was selected to commemorate the 1920 certification of the 19th … Continued

Posted August 26, 2022

By Leeanne G-Bowley

    Explore Jewish History on Our Greenwich Village Historic District Map

    Greenwich Village is a community rich with Jewish history, especially within the area that in 1969 was designated as one of the city’s first and largest historic districts. That legacy … Continued

    Posted December 3, 2021

    By David Herman

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    Dr. Bruce Voeller: Gay Rights and Public Health Pioneer

    Dr. Bruce Raymond Voeller, a pioneer of AIDS research and a significant early gay rights activist, was born on May 12, 1934 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He’s no household name, and … Continued

    Posted May 12, 2021

    By Sarah Bean Apmann

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    (Even More) Civil Rights and Social Justice Champions in Our Neighborhoods

    Village Preservation has long made a priority of celebrating civil rights and social justice history in our neighborhoods.

    Posted May 11, 2021

    By Louisa Winchell

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    President Announces Resignation

    On August 8, 1974, President Richard Nixon announced his resignation, effective noon the following day. Following months of impeachment proceedings, Nixon could read the writing on the wall that his … Continued

    Posted August 8, 2019

    By Sam Moskowitz

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    20 transformative women of Greenwich Village

    This year marks the 50th anniversary of the designation of the Greenwich Village Historic District on April 29, 1969.  One of the city’s oldest and still largest historic districts, it’s … Continued

    Posted March 7, 2019

    By Andrew Berman

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    Top Five Greenwich Village Moments in Fourteenth Amendment History

    The Fourteenth Amendment, adopted on July 28, 1868, played an important role in setting legal precedents for equality after the Civil War. The most radically worded of the Reconstruction Amendments, it … Continued

    Posted July 27, 2018

    By Ariel Kates

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    15 Trailblazing Women of Greenwich Village and the East Village

    Greenwich Village is well known as the home to libertines in the 1920s and feminists in the 1960s and ’70s. But going back to at least the 19th century, the … Continued

    Posted March 1, 2018

    By Andrew Berman

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