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NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR WOMEN

From Encyclopedia of U.S. Political History
Of the feminist organizations in the United States, the National Organization for Women (NOW) is the largest and one of the most prominent. Its founding in 1966 ushered in the "second wave" of the American feminist movement. The first wave of feminist activity ended in the early 1920s, after Amendment XIX granted women the vote. After decades of virtual dormancy, a second wave of feminist activity arrived in the 1960s, when a new generation of women became motivated by the gains made in the civil rights movement. The founding of NOW was largely due to the government's hesitancy to take significant action against women's economic inequality. In 1961, Pres. John F. Kennedy signed an executive order creating the President's Commission on the Status of Women. By 1964, state-level commissions were meeting annually in Washington, D.C., to discuss progress on women's rights. These actions, although initially promising, proved to be a frustrating reminder that the Equal Employment Opportunity…
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From Culture Wars in America: An Encyclopedia of Issues, Viewpoints, and Voices
Inspired by the African American civil rights movement, Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique (1963), and efforts by John F. Kennedy's Presidential Commission on the Status of Women (1963) to document the lives of women in postwar American society, a group of feminists attending a conference in June…
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From The Reader's Companion to American History
The National Organization for Women ( now ) both symbolized and spearheaded women's growing involvement in politics. Feminist leaders formed now in 1966, three years after the publication of Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique and two years after Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 had…
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From Dictionary of American Government and Politics
The National Organization for Women is the largest organisation of feminist activists in the United States. NOW has some 500,000 contributing members and 550 chapters in all fifty states and the District of Columbia. Since its founding in 1966, NOW's goal has been to take action to bring about…
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Under the leadership of Eleanor Smeal, NOW...
The National Organization for Women was formed in 1966 by activists who wanted “an NAACP for women” that would fight against sexism and sexual discrimination in U.S. society. Many founding members were veterans of the Civil Rights Movement; others, such as Betty Friedan, Kate Millett, and Gloria…
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From Encyclopedia of Women and American Politics
The National Organization for Women was founded in 1966 to “take action to bring equality for all women.” It is the largest feminist organization in the United States, with hundreds of thousands of contributing members and hundreds of chapters organized within all 50 states and the District of…
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From Encyclopedia of American Political Parties and Elections
The National Organization for Women (NOW) is the largest feminist political group in the United States. As the Civil Rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s progressed, women also began to focus the nation's attention on issues concerning their status in the country. NOW was formed on October 29, …
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From Historical Dictionary of the Lesbian and Gay Liberation Movements
Founded in 1966, by Betty Friedan and others, to promote women's equality. NOW has become the largest feminist organization in the United States . NOW initially refused to address lesbian issues, which resulted in either lesbians leaving the group or being expelled from the organization; however, …
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“National Organization for Women (NOW) Founded, 1967,” • © 2021 Omnigraphics. A group of women attending the Third National Conference of Commissions on the Status of Women in 1966 were frustrated by the lack of action they saw on display at the convention. This inaction was even more disturbing…
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U.S. women’s rights organization. It was founded in 1966 by Betty Friedan to promote equal rights for women, particularly in the area of employment. With some 500,000 members (both women and men) and 550 chapters, it addresses, through lobbying and litigation, issues such as child care, pregnancy…
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From The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Houghton Mifflin
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