100 years after suffrage march, activists walk in tradition of Inez Milholland

Lonnae O’Neal Parker writes at The Washington Post: “At the 100th anniversary of Washington’s Women’s Suffrage Parade on Sunday, participants will march in the bold tradition of suffragette Inez Milholland — even if they, and most of America, have never…

House to vote on Violence Against Women Act measures

NOW president Terry O’Neill is quoted in an article by Rosalind S. Helderman in The Washington Post: “When the Senate took up a bill similar to one that passed last year with 15 Republican Senate votes, its GOP support grew to 23 senators. A bloc of Hous…

Pritzker Choice Could Cause Rift

NOW president Terry O’Neill is quoted in a piece by Peter Nichols of The Wall Street Journal:”A nomination of Penny Pritzker as the next commerce secretary would threaten to divide President Barack Obama’s political coalition, pitting women’s advocates a…

This Season’s Paul Ryan? Eric Cantor Takes On VAWA

Terry O’Neill, president of NOW, writes at The Huffington Post: “House Majority Leader Eric Cantor is a powerful player on Capitol Hill who has pretty much flown under the radar with the general public. But I predict that won’t be true much longer. Now t…

Terry O’Neill Executive director of NOW discusses violence against women

NOW president Terry O’Neill spoke to Mary Glenney, host of WMNF’s “A Woman’s Place”, on the Violence Against Women Act and One Billion Rising. Listen to at the link.