Bella Abzug

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We don't want so much to see a female Einstein become an assistant professor. We want a woman schlemiel to get promoted as quickly as a male schlemiel.

Bella Abzug

"Schlemiel" is a Yiddish term meaning, roughly, an unlucky, incompetent or foolish person.

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Abzug, Bella. US News and World Report. 25 Apr. 1977.