Congresswoman Elizabeth Holtzman on the Pro Politics Podcast
Great political story of civil rights work in GA, bringing Nazis to justice, the youngest woman elected to Congress, the Watergate Committee, first woman NYC DA & Comptroller & more
Elizabeth Holtzman is best known for her legendary primary upset of the Dean of the House in 1972, making her the youngest woman elected to Congress and propelling her to national notice as part of the House Judiciary Committee Impeachment Hearings of Richard Nixon. And beyond that specific era, the diversity and duration of her public service is nearly unrivaled...including working in 1960s Georgia to advance civil rights, her role bringing 100+ Nazi War Criminals closer to justice, becoming the first woman to be a District Attorney in New York City, the only woman to serve as NYC comptroller, and an impactful political legacy spanning several decades and continues to this day.
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IN THIS EPISODE
Memories of growing up in an immigrant family in Brooklyn, NY...
An incredibly formative experience working on civil rights issues in Albany, GA...
Her instrumental role bringing 100+ Nazi war criminals to justice in the 1970s...
How she became the youngest woman elected to Congress by beating the Dean of the House in 1972...
Stories of taking on the Brooklyn political machine...
An unsettling comment from a veteran member after she's first elected...
Memories of her service on the House Judiciary Committee during the Nixon Impeachment Hearings...
Her steadfast critical view of Gerald Ford's pardon of Richard Nixon...
Analyzing her very narrow loss for US Senate in 1980...
Looking back on her stint as both Brooklyn District Attorney and NYC Comptroller...
Her view on the "finest mayor NYC has had"...
Comparing her 2022 House race to her first run in 1972...
Her view that current Supreme Court as "illegitimate"...
The couple of times her path crossed with Donald Trump in NYC politics...
AND Abraham Lincoln High, Samuel Alito, Birch Bayh, Jimmy Breslin, bureaucratic gobbledygook, the CIA, CORE, Jimmy Carter, cattle prods, Frank Church, Manny Celler, Cracker Barrel, John Culver, Al D'Amato, Mike Dewine, William O. Douglas, Meade Esposito, the first piece of paper, Flatbush, Gimbles, The Godfather, Barry Goldwater, the instrumentality of the state, Jacob Javits, John Lindsay, Carolyn Maloney, James Meredith, Pat Moynihan, NAACP, Radcliffe, John Rhodes, Peter Rodino, Russian pogroms, SNCC, Bernie Sanders, Hugh Scott, shoe leather, smoking guns, John Paul Stevens, Adlai Stevenson, Tammany Hall, Clarence Thomas, Larry Tribe, whistleblowers, witch hunts & more!