which confirmed that the pair were calling off their engagement of two monthsa source withE! News As part of the Women’s Rights Movement, Abzug and other feminist leaders — including Gloria Steinem, Betty Friedan,Rep. Shirley Chisholm While breaking new ground as a trial lawyer, Abzug also became involved in the peace movement. In 1961, she helped organize theWomen Strike for Peace Growing up, my dream was to become an architect. To meet my goal, I had applied to study the scientific baccalaureate when I was starting high school, something I’d need to pursue a degree. But in 2011, when I was just 15, the Syrian revolution began. Our hometown was liberated by the opposition, but the shelling, conflict, and insecurity forced us to flee to east Aleppo. There I had to study literature because it was easier to manage and didn’t require full school attendance. This was the first love I Iost to the war: a passion for architecture and my zeal for studying it.