#5. No, that is not the ghost of Bella Abzug in the middle. Her hats were so wide that protestors used to ride on them instead of walking.
She wore polka-dotted dresses and hats. Looked like a Sperm Whale in drag.
But remember that she was a hardcore communist and probable KGB asset through her membership in both Soviet youth (World Federation of Democratic Youth) and legal fronts, the International Association of Democratic Lawyers.
Her hats hid an evil mind that was pure red all her life, since her college days (believe it was Hunter or CUNY), or even before.
Her husband Martin Abzug was also reported to be a covert member of the Communist Party USA (records on his and her identifications as Party member cannot be found in public government files at the National Archives, though an internal security analyst who saw them said that they were supposed to be there).
Her record of supporting the CPUSA (Current Affairs magazine donation) and its fronts is probably the longest one for a female member of congress, and ranks among the top 5-10 for all congressmen or women (Beaten by Conyers, Dellums, perhaps Hugh DeLacey, the Burton brothers, George Crockett, Vito Marcantonio, KGB agent Dickstein (1930’s), John Coffee, Sen. Lundgren, and one or two others).
I don’t think that her hats are enough to shield her from the fires of Hell, but they might make the devil laugh.
I met her when I was at CCNY
‘Bella Abzug’
That’s an evil name I haven’t heard in a long time.