NOW’s Grassroots Power Founded in 1966 by a small but determined group of women’s rights advocates, NOW has hundreds of thousands of members and contributing supporters as well as hundreds of chapters. NOW members are the heart, soul, and muscle behind the organization. They elect leaders, set policy and determine our agenda. NOW’s vast and Read more …
What is a Campus Action Network (CAN)? Campus Action Networks (CANs) are clubs on campuses that affiliate with NOW. Many NOW young feminists have tremendous impacts on their campuses in their local communities and nationally. What is the difference between a NOW CAN and a NOW Chapter? A CAN is not a NOW chapter, meaning Read more …
2014 NOW Regional Conferences Attend the conference in your region this spring and help elect national leadership! NOW’s grassroots base is divided into nine U.S. regions. In even years, these regions elect members to serve two-year terms on the National NOW Board. Regional conferences take place in the months of March, April and May and Read more …
Betty Friedan, 1966-1970 Born in Peoria, Illinois, Betty Friedan was valedictorian of her high school and attended Smith College, where she edited the college newspaper and graduated summa cum laude in 1942. Her 1963 book, The Feminine Mystique, touched a public nerve. Friedan recognized a longing in the women of her generation, a longing for Read more …
Printable PDF At the 2011 National NOW Conference, the organization honored Sonia Pressman Fuentes as one of its founders. Ms. Fuentes has shared with NOW the results of her extensive research to determine exactly who the founders were so that the organization could record this key piece of NOW’s origins accurately. NOW had 49 founders Read more …
1966 – 1976 |1976 – 1986 |1986 – 1996 | 1996 – 2006 Printable PDF 1966 – 1976 1966 (June) National Organization for Women (NOW) is established by a group of women, including Betty Friedan and Pauli Murray, who meet to discuss alternative action strategies during the Third Annual Conference of Commissions on the Status Read more …
“Best In America“ Not too long ago women had few rights. We still face sexual discrimination, violence, and economic barriers. Help us advance women’s rights and promote equality. With your support, NOW Foundation works to create a future where our daughters and granddaughters enjoy full reproductive rights, equal representation in government, real economic security, true physical Read more …
NOW Foundation, the non-profit arm of the National Organization for Women, carries out a variety of public education and litigation projects. Included among those – and perhaps the best known – is our Love Your Body Campaign aimed at young women. A prominent aspect of this campaign is the poster contest drawing hundreds of entries Read more …
NOW Foundation & the “Gender Shadow Report” In 2006, a coalition of women’s and human rights organizations submitted a wide-ranging report on the status of women’s rights in the United States to the United Nations Human Rights Committee (UN HRC) for consideration during its 87th session in Geneva. The report documents the failure of the Read more …
Information from various sources on the necessity of Social Security and Medicare for women.