The National Organization for Women (NOW) is an Americanfeminist group, founded in 1966, with 500,000 contributing members and 550 chapters in all 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia.
Background
NOW was founded on June 30, 1966 in Washington, D.C., by 28 women and men attending the Third National Conference of the Commission on the Status of Women, the successor to the Presidential Commission on the Status of Women. It had been three years since the Commission reported findings of women being discriminated against in virtually every aspect of life. However, the 1966 Conference delegates were prohibited by the administration's rules for the conference from even passing resolutions recommending that the Equal Opportunity Commission (EEOC) enforce its legal mandate to end sex discrimination.
The founders included Betty Friedan, the author of The Feminine Mystique (1963) and Rev. Pauli Murray, the first African-American woman Episcopal priest. Betty Friedan became the organization's first president.
National Organization for Women (NOW) - Information on women's issues for women's activists.
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NOW Foundation, Inc. - A charitable organization affiliated with the National Organization for Women, devoted to furthering women's rights through education and litigation.
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NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund - Strives to achieve equality and improve the lives of women and girls by transforming the institutions and values of our society through legal advocacy, public policy, communications, education and strategic alliances.
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