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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 ]
The first congress of the International Council of Women (ICW) met in Washington in 1888 with delegates from fifty-three women's organizations in nine countries. The delegates represented various organizations, including suffrage associations, professional groups, literary clubs, temperance unions, labor leagues and missionary societies.
Hispanic and Latino American women's organizations (6 P) Jewish women's organizations in the United States (3 C, 9 P) Native American women's organizations (11 P)
The American Association of University Women (AAUW), officially founded in 1881, [1] is a non-profit organization that advances equity for women and girls through advocacy, education, and research. [2] [3] The organization has a nationwide network of 170,000 members and supporters, [3] 1,000 local branches, [3] and 800 college and university ...
Women's Action Coalition; Women's Brigade of Weather Underground; Women's Center for Creative Work; Women's Classical Caucus; Women's Environment and Development Organization; Women's Institute for Freedom of the Press; Women's International Terrorist Conspiracy from Hell; Women's Knowledge International; Women's Media Center; Women's Peace Society
Danish Women's Society (Dansk Kvindesamfund), world's oldest women's rights organization, founded 1871; De Danske Husmoderforeninger (The Danish Housewives Associations) Fødselsstiftelsen (Maternity Institution) Kvindevalgretsforeningen (Women's Suffrage Association), women's organization (1889–1898) specifically focused on suffrage
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Lucy Stone, the founder of the American Woman's Suffrage Association. The American Woman Suffrage Association (AWSA) was a single-issue national organization formed in 1869 to work for women's suffrage in the United States. The AWSA lobbied state governments to enact laws granting or expanding women's right to vote in the United States.