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National Organization for Women - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The National Organization for Women (NOW) is an American feminist group, founded in 1966, with 500,000 contributing members and 550 chapters in all 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia. 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. The national level of the organization is led by four elected national officers, by the national Board of Directors, and by national issues committees. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/National_Organization_for_Women   (881 words)

MSN Encarta - National Organization for Women (NOW) The organization’s first priority was to increase employment opportunities for women and to enforce Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibited employment discrimination based on sex, race, color, religion, and national origin. National Organization for Women (NOW), largest feminist organization in the United States. NOW was founded in June 1966 by a group of 28 women at the Third National Conference of the Commission on the Status of Women, a committee established by President John F. Kennedy to evaluate women’s rights in the United States. encarta.msn.com /encnet/refpages/RefArticle.aspx?refid=761569476   (895 words)

WOMEN PRESIDENTS' ORGANIZATION. The Women Presidents' Organization is a nonprofit membership organization for a diverse group of women presidents who have guided their businesses to at least $2 million in gross annual sales (or $1 million for a service-based business). The organization provides continuing education and peer mentoring in business and leadership to women entrepreneurs and serves as a resource for developing solutions to the unique problems and challenges encountered by women entrepreneurs. The Women Presidents' Organization is a growing worldwide community of entrepreneurs participating in a forum that leverages resources to fulfill aspirations, achieve economic equality, and promote well being. www.womenpresidentsorg.com   (215 words)

National Organization for Women: Free Encyclopedia Articles at Questia.com Online Library The principal aim of the Organization is the promotion...precondition for universal...standards for national governments...political rights, nationality, private...traffic in women, education...International Labor Organization, a resolution...treatment for men and women...the working women of the world...The call for this congress...the veteran organization, the National Womens Trade... National Organization for Women, Political activists--Cases, Political activists--Laws, regulations, etc., Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, Reformers, Scheidler v. National Organization for Women, Inc., (7) held that...war waged between the National Organization for Women (NOW) and pro-life activists... www.questia.com /library/encyclopedia/national-organization-for-women.jsp?l=N&p=1   (1744 words)

FrontPage magazine.com :: The Feminazi Campaign Against Fathers by Michael Tremoglie THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the National Organization for Women (NOW) begin a national alert to inform members about these "fathers' rights" groups and their objectives through articles in the National Now Times (NNT); and The National Organization for Women's 1996 national conference stated that they opposed father's rights advocacy groups. National estimates in the 1970s and ‘80s indicated that women had sole custody of the children approximately 85% of the time, and men retained sole custody 10% of the time, with the remaining 5% spread over a variety of custody arrangements, including grandparent, split or joint custody. www.frontpagemag.com /Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=1535   (856 words)

Raleigh Now Raleigh NOW (National Organization for Women), NARAL Pro-Choice North Carolina, and Planned Parenthood Health Systems. NOW's purpose is to take action to bring women into full participation in the mainstream of American society now, exercising all privileges and responsibilities thereof in truly equal partnership with men. This ban is an attack on women's fundamental right of privacy and their ability to make the most intimate and personal choice about when and whether to have a child. www.raleighnow.org   (776 words)

National Organization for Women. Philadelphia Chapter Records, 1968-1977, The Historical Society of Pennsylvania The National Organization for Women was founded in 1966 in Washington D. to help achieve equality for women in all areas of life. Ballard, a national board member, and Heide, a former national president, brought together feminist women from the Philadelphia area to take up the goals of the national organization on a more local level. The records of the Philadelphia Chapter of the National Organization for Women are comprised mostly of printed material such as pamphlets, handouts, articles, and reports. www2.hsp.org /collections/manuscripts/n/now2054.htm   (1150 words)

National Organization for Women Political Action Committees NOW and other women's rights groups released data showing that the voting gender gap is alive and well in the U.S. The report also debunks the myth that "moral values" decided the election. NOW Salutes Carol Moseley Braun's Historic Bid for President of the United States The election victories of three up-and-coming NOW PAC-endorsed candidates are definitely worth relishing. www.nowpacs.org   (272 words)

Oregon Chapter of the National Organization for Women National Organization for Women are both cases that might allow extremist groups to go back to the bad old days when women were physically assaulted at family planning clinics. National Organization for Women and Operation Rescue v. Oregon Chapter of the National Organization for Women www.oregonnow.org   (692 words)

Cincinnati NOW - Welcome Cincinnati NOW is the Cincinnati chapter of the National Organization for Women. Following national NOW’s lead, the Cincinnati chapter is dedicated to taking action to bring about equality for all women. Among other things, NOW works to eliminate discrimination and harassment in the workplace, schools, the justice system, and all other sectors of society; secure abortion, birth control and reproductive rights for all women; end all forms of violence against women; eradicate racism, sexism and homophobia; and promote equality and justice in our society. www.now-cincinnati.org   (358 words)

Phoenix/Scottsdale NOW - Today the National Organization for Women (NOW) and the nation celebrate the life and legacy of Betty Friedan, one of the founders of NOW and the modern women's rights movement. We are the local chapter of the National Organization for Women (NOW) located in Phoenix and Scottsdale, Arizona. Later that year she was elected NOW's first president, and her fame as an author helped attract hundreds of thousands of women to the new organization. www.phxscottsdalenow.org   (401 words)

groupProfile.asp?grpid=6186 With some 500,000 contributing members and 550 chapters in all 50 U.S. states, the National Oranization for Women (NOW) is the largest organization of feminist activists in America. NOW's principal stated concerns are: to preserve abortion rights; to end "discrimination and harassment" against women in the workplace and in schools; to win "economic equality" for women; to punish offenders who perpetrate violence against women; and to "eradicate racism, sexism and homophobia" from American society. Even groups whose chief objective is to protect women are condemned by NOW, if those organizations happen to be male-dominated, or happen to base their ideals on religious tenets. www.discoverthenetworks.org /groupProfile.asp?grpid=6186   (1739 words)

NOW and Abortion Rights/Reproductive Issues NOW affirms that reproductive rights are issues of life and death for women, not mere matters of choice. NOW fully supports access to safe and legal abortion, to effective birth control and emergency contraception, to reproductive health services and education for all women. NOW Activists Hold Candlelight Vigil to Honor 32nd Anniversary of Roe v. www.now.org /issues/abortion   (472 words)

North Miami NOW A chapter of the National Organization for Women, North Miami NOW is dedicated to education and activism for Women's Rights. northmiaminow.tripod.com   (20 words)

NOW ~ NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR WOMEN ~ AKRON, OHIO CHAPTER NOW ~ NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR WOMEN ~ AKRON, OHIO CHAPTER www.akrobiz.com /akronnow   (10 words)

Tampa's National Organization for Women: Fighting for social and economic equality The National Organization for Women (NOW) is a recognized leader in women's fight for social, economic and political justice. Tampa's National Organization for Women: Fighting for social and economic equality Because we believe that the personal is indeed political, we have joined NOW to do the work of changing our society at the political level, working to counter problems at the source and promoting the advancement of women. www.nowtampa.org   (183 words)

www.sacnow.org Women Take Back the Night will be October 5th, 2002 on the West steps of the Capitol at 6 p.m. "NOW’s purpose is to take action to bring women into full participation in the mainstream of American society now, exercising all privileges and responsibilities thereof in truly equal partnership with men...it includes freedom from discrimination because of race, ethnic origin, age, marital status, sexual preference/ orientation, or parenthood." Read commentary from SacNOW board members on local politics and events, along with national media. www.sacnow.org   (282 words)

National Organization of Women - New York State Chapter The New York State Chapter of the National Organization for Women, the first state chapter to be chartered in the United States, was founded on February 6, 1967. The organization has a two-pronged education plan: to inform its members, and other women and men, about women's issues and rights through both educational and political avenues; and to prepare women to exercise those rights through job training programs and the like. The organization has a Vice-President for Legislation who is involved in lobbying efforts in Albany. library.albany.edu /speccoll/findaids/apap029.htm   (1946 words)

National Organization for Women Today, on International Women's Day, women and men across the globe are celebrating women's social, political and economic achievements and honoring the gains women have fought for as activists, advocates, mothers, workers and citizens of their countries. During March organize an event on your campus to raise awareness about women's fight for equality throughout herstory, and the future of the feminist movement. Women's reproductive rights were in sharp focus in 2005, facing attacks at both the federal and state level and as a central issue in the battle around two Supreme Court vacancies.--> www.now.org   (889 words)

March for Women's Lives - April 25, 2004 The March for Women's Lives was an overwhelming success, thanks to the hard work and generosity of hundreds of thousands of supporters like you. From the day he took office, George W. Bush has treated women's rights as a political bargaining tool, sacrificing women's lives and health to appease the radicals who put him in office. But as powerful as the March was, it's not enough that we were heard in the streets of Washington D.C. on April 25. march.now.org   (133 words)

National Organization For Women Inc. information and related industry information from Hoover's The National Organization for Women (NOW) works to promote the social, political, and economic interests of women by eliminating job discrimination and harassment, securing reproductive rights, and ending violence against women. National Organization For Women Inc. information and related industry information from Hoover's NOW was founded in 1966 by a group of 28 women that included author Betty Friedan. www.hoovers.com /now/--ID__105576--/free-co-factsheet.xhtml   (285 words)

Reader's Companion to American History - -NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR WOMEN The National Organization for Women (now) both symbolized and spearheaded women's growing involvement in politics. The organization's agenda included better education and employment and political opportunities for women. 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 guaranteed women legal protection against discrimination. college.hmco.com /history/readerscomp/rcah/html/ah_063400_nationalorga.htm   (244 words)

NOW-NYS, National Organization for Women New York State NOW-NYS, National Organization for Women New York State NOW - New York State, Inc. is a member of The New York State Anti-Trafficking Coalition which calls for the passage of NYS Assembly bill A.1898-a. NOW in the World: A Women of Color and Allies Conference, April 8, 2006, Bronx, New York, Hostos Community College. www.nownys.com   (368 words)

NOW Foundation, Inc. The NOW Foundation is affiliated with the National Organization for Women, the largest women's rights organization in the United States, with a membership of over 500,000 contributing women and men in more than 550 chapters in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. The National Organization for Women Foundation ("NOW Foundation") is a 501(c) (3) organization devoted to furthering women's rights through education and litigation. All contributions to the NOW Foundation are tax-deductible. www.nowfoundation.org   (107 words)

U.S. Newswire : Releases : "NOW President Calls Cloture Vote the Only Alito Vote that Counts" WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Following is a statement of Kim Gandy, president of the National Organization for Women, regarding the cloture vote on the nomination of Judge Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court: Contact: Lisa Bennett of the National Organization of Women, 202-628-8669 ext. Supporters of women's rights, civil rights and the separation of powers lost this pivotal battle because senators who should have been fighting for their constituents chose not to do so. releases.usnewswire.com /GetRelease.asp?id=60134   (211 words)

Kane County Chapter of NOW Kane County Chapter of The National Organization For Women NOW national webpage for additional information and resources. NOW's purpose is to bring women into full participation in the mainstream of American society now, in truly equal partnership with men with respect to citizenship, public service, employment, education, and family life, with freedom from discrimination because of age, race, marital status, sexual orientation or parenthood. www.syndicomm.com /~a2.howard/kcnow.html   (317 words)

NARAL Pro-Choice America National Organization for Women is a hindrance to reproductive-health-care clinics' efforts to protect their patients and employees from anti-choice violence and intimidation. Nation's grade remains a dismal D-, click here to see how your state rates. Check out our easy-to-use tool to learn whether politicians in your state are actively creating new legislation that will threaten or protect a woman's right to choose. www.naral.org   (217 words)

National Organization for Women NEW YORK - September 1 - The National Organization for Women and NOW-NYC will co-host a permitted rally this evening to protest the Bush administration's current war on women, minority groups, and civil liberties. NOW, the largest feminist organization in the country, unanimously voted at its 2004 National Conference in July to formally declare an immediate state of emergency through Nov. 2, 2004, in a radical effort to defeat the current administration. NOW and NOW New York City to Host Code Red: Stop the Bush Agenda Rally Tonight in Central Park to Declare Current State of Emergency on Women’s Rights www.commondreams.org /news2004/0901-10.htm   (441 words)

The Radicalendar: National Organization of Women Join the general meeting of the National Organization of Women. NOW meets at the Nashville Peace and Justice Center 1016 18th Ave So at 7pm on the 4th Monday of every month. www.radicalendar.org /calendar/all/all/display/16314/index.php?view=event&fulldate=2005-08-22   (51 words)

The Truth About George W. Bush - Women's Rights The Truth About George is a project of the National Organization for Women. Six in 10 women favored improved international diplomacy to fight terrorism, while 25 percent advocated hunting down suspects to "defeat them before they can strike us." Women said they were more concerned about the decline of morality and family values with the next generation than economic problems. A report from the National Council for Research on Women (NCRW), released in mid-April, says the deletion of information on subjects including pay equity and childcare was "apparently [done] in pursuit of a political agenda." At least 25 publications were removed from the website of the Department of Labor's Women's Bureau alone. www.thetruthaboutgeorge.com /women   (4828 words)

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