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A century ago, brave women fought for my right to vote and I will always honor that right and responsibility.
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This November marks the first time I will be out of my home state of Oklahoma for an election and, as a result, the first time I will be voting by absentee ballot.
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The National Organization of Women was founded as a grassroots activist organization to affect change on a city, state, and national level. In the year 2014, nearly 50 years since its founding, NOW is still committed to highlighting the strong local chapters across the country that persist in grassroots efforts to create political change.
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Right wing billionaires David and Charles Koch, better known as the Koch brothers, are infamous for pouring money into organizations which then use that financial support for ultra-conservative causes.
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There’s nothing to be gained by politicizing women’s health, but there’s a lot to lose. Consider this: Two years ago, the Susan G. Komen Foundation walked into a hornet’s nest when it did something that was fundamentally opposed to its mission. It jumped into a controversy that was all about politics and nothing about breast cancer patients and survivors.
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