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New York NOW picketed the EEOC hearings on “Discrimination in White Collar Employment”, when NOW was refused permission to testify or take part in the final round table discussion. This round table discussion included representatives from the finance, insurance, banking and communications industries and 100 major corporations in New York City. Demand that women’s perspectives […] A NOW delegation was able to meet with acting Attorney General Ramsey Clark and Chairman of the Civil Service Commission, John W. Macy during a Civil Rights Act Enforcement Meeting. The delegation insisted, “Any administration-supported bill which prohibits discrimination based on race, color, religion or national origin is not true to its full democratic potential-unless […] At a press conference in Washington, DC today, lead by NOW President, Betty Friedan, NOW demands Federally-aided child care centers for working mothers and a full income tax deduction of child care costs. NOW also demands legitimate promotion of women to decision making positions within the government. Friedan says, “We want more than lip service […] Task Force on Women and Religion (1967) All Conference Resolution: Be it resolved that NOW recognizes that it is the right of women to participate fully on an equal basis with men at all levels and in all areas of church life and practice. Task Force Statement Tenet: We hold that discrimination based on sex […] TASK FORCE ON THE FAMILY (1967) Guiding Ideology: The basic ideological goal of NOW is a society in which men and women have an equitable balance in the time and interest with which they participate in work, family and community. NOW should seek and advocate personal and institutional measures which would reduce the disproportionate involvement […] TASK FORCE ON EQUAL OPPORTUNITY IN EMPLOYMENT (1967) GOALS: A campaign for rigorous enforcement of Title VII of the CivilRights Act of 1964, which will insist that all the tools of thelaw proved effective in eliminating racial discrimination be appliedto the elimination of discrimination on the basis of sex in privateemployment. 1. Demand immediate amendment […] TASK FORCE ON IMAGE OF WOMEN IN MASS MEDIA (1967) Goals: We will campaign to change the stereotyped image and the denigration of women in all the mass media, by all the forms of protest and pressure on networks, advertisers and editors which have been effective in abolishing the stereotyped images of Negroes and Jews. […] TASK FORCE ON LEGAL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS (1967) Goals: *A campaign for women to assume equal rights and responsibilitiesas American citizens, including full participation in politicaldecision- making in the power structure of the political parties,in the selection of candidates and the formation of national policy,in the holding of public office, and in service to the […] TASK FORCE ON WOMEN IN POVERTY (Task Force Report-1967) A. We start with a concern for the plight of women who now livein poverty.The most serious victims of sex-discrimination in thiscountry are the women at the bottom, including those who, unsupported,head a great percentage of families in poverty; those women whowork at low-paying, marginal jobs, […] NOW TASK FORCE ON EDUCATION (Background Comments of the Substitute Temporary ConvenerHelenSchleman, May 1967) I. Composition of Task Force – We are dealing in an area whereonly the word of well-known experts gets much attention. It istherefore recommended that every effort be made to recruit a fewwell recognized persons for this group whose recommendations willcarry […] |
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