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The National Organization for Women (NOW) is an American feminist organization. Founded in 1966, it is legally a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization. The organization consists of 550 chapters in all 50 U.S. states and in Washington, D.C. [5] It is the largest feminist organization in the United States with around 500,000 members. [6]
She taught feminist legal theory and international women's rights law, corporate law and legal ethics at Tulane and the UC Davis School of Law. [1] [4] She is a past president of Louisiana NOW, Maryland NOW and New Orleans NOW and member of the National Racial Diversity Committee. [1]
Karen DeCrow (née Lipschultz; December 18, 1937 – June 6, 2014) was an American attorney, author, activist and feminist.She served as the fourth national president of the National Organization for Women (NOW) from 1974 to 1977.
The National Organization for Women (NOW), was founded to fit that need. Clarenbach became the first chair of NOW. NOW's first action was to confront the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission about their sexual discrimination. When they made their point, they received much support. NOW kept growing.
Mary Alexander "Molly" Yard (July 6, 1912 – September 21, 2005) [1] was an American feminist and social activist who served as the eighth president of the National Organization for Women (NOW) from 1987 to 1991 and was a link between first and second-wave feminism.
Since 1994, the National Organization for Women (NOW) has presented the Woman of Courage Award annually (in most years) at the National NOW Conference, and periodically at issue-based summits organized by NOW and/or the NOW Foundation. Honorees are chosen for having demonstrated personal bravery in challenging entrenched power and in carrying ...
Anna Arnold Hedgeman not only helped found the National Organization for Women and advocated passionately for workplace justice, but she was the only woman on the committee that organized the 1963 March on Washington for racial equality.
In June 1966, Haener was one of 28 women who created the National Organization of Women. [14] While Haener and UAW initially supported NOW, UAW had to stop supporting the National Organization of Women after NOW declared support for the UAW-opposed Equal Rights Amendment in their second meeting [15] in 1968. [16]