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National Organization for Women * www. now.org

I became a feminist as an alternative to becoming a masochist!

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The National Organization for Women (NOW) is the largest organization of feminist activists in the United States. NOW has 500,000 contributing members and 550 chapters in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Since its founding in 1966, NOW's goal has been to take action to bring about equality for all women. 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.

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Economic Justice NOW: Save the Date

2008 Economic Justice Summit "Bringing Together Research and Advocacy From Local to Global to Advance Economic Justice and Empowerment for Women" April 10-12, 2008Atlanta, Ga.Sheraton Atlanta Hotel C...
Posted by National Organization for Women * www. now.org on Tue, 27 Nov 2007 09:09:00 PST

Go Fish: Clinton Undaunted by "Gender Card" Allegations

Below the Belt: A Biweekly Column by NOW President Kim Gandy November 15, 2007 With a widening six-point lead separating her from Republican frontrunner Rudy Giuliani, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton r...
Posted by National Organization for Women * www. now.org on Mon, 19 Nov 2007 05:56:00 PST

What Were They Smoking Down at the Precinct?

Below the Belt: A Biweekly Column by NOW President Kim Gandy October 16, 2007 Let's say you visit your local library and check out Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique and The Kinsey Report, both of ...
Posted by National Organization for Women * www. now.org on Wed, 17 Oct 2007 07:03:00 PST

The Most Terrible Poverty

Below the Belt: A Biweekly Column by NOW President Kim Gandy "Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty." -- Mother Teresa The displaced people of New Orleans know thi...
Posted by National Organization for Women * www. now.org on Thu, 04 Oct 2007 01:16:00 PST

NOW is hiring!

Get paid to fight for women's rights! NOW is looking for a few good folks to work at our Action Center in Washington, D.C. Check out the available positions....
Posted by National Organization for Women * www. now.org on Mon, 17 Sep 2007 11:35:00 PST

Watch this video of Jennifer Granholm at our conference!

Add to My ProfileCheck out all our other videos from the conference on YouTube....
Posted by National Organization for Women * www. now.org on Tue, 11 Sep 2007 12:41:00 PST

A Billion Here, A Billion There

A Billion Here, A Billion There Below the Belt: A Biweekly Column by NOW President Kim Gandy September 5, 2007 "I add up to a Republican Senate and Republican House. You may end up with a different m...
Posted by National Organization for Women * www. now.org on Tue, 11 Sep 2007 12:11:00 PST

Misogyny: A Public Health Crisis

Below the Belt: A Biweekly Column by NOW President Kim Gandy August 20, 2007 A 20-year-old woman reported being raped by the bouncer outside a bar in Cincinnati. A disabled woman in Everett, Wash., sa...
Posted by National Organization for Women * www. now.org on Wed, 22 Aug 2007 01:55:00 PST

Little Righteous Anger

 Below the Belt: A Biweekly Column by NOW President Kim Gandy August 7, 2007 "The women of this country ought be enlightened in regard to the laws under which they live, that they may no longer ...
Posted by National Organization for Women * www. now.org on Mon, 13 Aug 2007 09:25:00 PST

Breaking News: Cleavage on Display

By Meaghan Lamarre, Internet Communications Coordinator"There was cleavage on display Wednesday afternoon on C-SPAN2. It belonged to Sen. Hillary Clinton... There wasn't an unseemly amount of cleavage...
Posted by National Organization for Women * www. now.org on Fri, 20 Jul 2007 11:01:00 PST