Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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 ]
Knowing that ignorance of the law was a disadvantage, she immediately began law school and performing volunteer work for the National Organization for Women (NOW). [6] [7] She moved to Washington, DC, as an elected officer of NOW. Ireland advocated extensively for the rights of poor women, gays and lesbians, and African-American women.
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 ]
Nicholson is a member of the ERA Roundtable, a lifelong member of the National Organization for Women and a member of the Veteran Feminists of America. [3] In the summer of 2022, Nicholson was awarded a lifetime achievement award from NOW for her contributions to feminism. [4] She is known for her saying, "Suffrage is unfinished business." [5]
National Organization for Women – women's equal rights group; National Women's Register – covers various countries and is a mother's day out program for stay-at-home caregivers; Ninety-Nines – founded 1929, International Organization of Women Pilots; Nobel Women's Initiative – founded by women Nobel Peace Prize winners
Kim Gandy (born January 25, 1954) is an American feminist who, from 2001 to 2009, was the president of the National Organization for Women.Since 2012, she has been the president and CEO of the National Network to End Domestic Violence. [1]
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.
Rosemary Dempsey, a noted American activist, has served many roles in second wave feminism, civil rights movements, and anti-war protests.Her most notable positions were Vice President for Action of the National Organization for Women starting in 1990 and Director for the Center for Reproductive Law and Policy.