At NOW’s second national conference on November 18th and 19th, the National Organization for Women adopted a Bill of Rights for Women which, among other things, calls on Congress to immediately pass the Equal Rights Amendment, and lists among its goals the repeal of all abortion laws and publicly-funded child care. NOW is now the […]
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REPORT… OF THE LEGAL COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR WOMEN TO: The Board of Directors and the members of the National Organization for Women, at the First Annual Conference, Washington, D.C. November 18-19, 1967. The organizing Conference of the National Organization for Women, at its October, 1966 meeting, authorized a Legal Committee to assist […] On the 8th, President Johnson, signed into law Public Law 90-130, while retaining combat limitations, allows women in the Armed Forces equal promotion and retirement rights. This law also removed the 2% restriction on the number of women who could serve in the Armed Forces. Another step towards the equality of employment for women! NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR WOMEN (NOW) Legal Procedures in Job Discrimination Cases (1967) Discrimination by private employer or labor union 1. If your state (or municipality) has a fair employment law including sex, write to the state agency which enforces the law, by registered mail, giving all the facts of the discrimination. (State FEP laws) 2. […] Colorado, North Carolina and California became the first states to liberalize their abortion laws, authorizing abortion when a pregnancy resulted from rape, incest, endangered a woman’s physical or mental health, or was likely to result in the birth of a child with severe mental or physical defects. The authorization provides that the abortion must occur […] NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR WOMEN THE RIGHT OF A WOMAN TO DETERMINE HER OWN REPRODUCTIVE PROCESS (1967) The following proposals are offered for purposes of discussion by the 1967 NOW Membership Conference. 1. Constitutional Amendment There is perhaps no more fundamental human right, save the right to life itself, than the right to one’s own physical […] The NOW New York chapter filed a complaint with the New York Human Rights Commission today on the discriminatory effect of sex-segregated job advertising in newspapers. Continue to follow this news! ERA POSITION PAPER (1967) CONSTITUTIONAL PROTECTION AGAINST SEX DISCRIMINATION An informational memorandum prepared for the National Organization for Women (NOW) regarding the Equal Rights Amendment and similar proposals. NOW’s Statement of Purpose endorses the principle that women should exercise all the privileges and responsibilities of American society in equal partnership with men and states that: […] Kathy Switzer became the first woman to run the Boston Marathon after registering as K. Switzer. When her gender was realized during the race, an official attempted to tear her number off her shirt, but she was not deterred! Campus Coordinating Committee Report (1967) The purpose of NOW is to bring women into full participation in the mainstream of American society, to share equally with men the rights and responsibilities necessary for the full development of human potential. To achieve this goal, occupational and educational benefits must be made equal and young women must […] |
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