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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]
Women's Institute for Science, Equity and Race (WISER), founded 2016; Women's Loyal National League, 1863–1864, organized to abolish slavery, first national women's political organization in the United States; Women's Missionary and Service Commission, name established 1955, attached to the Mennonite Church; Woman's Missionary Union
Mary Jean Collins (born December 8, 1939) is an American feminist. She was president of the Chicago chapter of the National Organization for Women (NOW), a member of the national board and director of the campaign to have the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) ratified in Illinois.
Morten served as the first African-American president of the Chicago chapter of the National Organization for Women (NOW), is an author and filmmaker on African-American lesbian experiences, and has led organizations such as the Chicago Abortion Fund and Chicago Foundation for Women. Notably, Morten directed the City of Chicago's Advisory ...
*National Association of Colored Women's Clubs (NACWC), founded 1896 from merger of 1895-founded National Federation of Afro-American Women, the c.1892-94 Women's Era Club of Boston, and the National League of Colored Women (founded when?) of Washington, D.C. Ladies' Memorial Association, founded in 1865 in Winchester, Virginia
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Aileen Hernandez (née Clarke; May 23, 1926 – February 13, 2017) was an African-American union organizer, civil rights activist, and women's rights activist. She served as the president of the National Organization for Women (NOW) between 1970 and 1971, and was the first woman to serve on the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
Elizabeth Farians (10 April 1923 – 21 October 2013) was an American religious studies scholar and feminist. She was an early member the National Organization of Women and is considered [2] the first Catholic feminist to organize public protests and for over forty years she led a public fight against discrimination in religion. [3]