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PUBLIC RELATIONS COMMITTEE REPORT November 18, 1967 Our public relations efforts in NOW’s first year of life have pursued three main goals: 1.) To educate the public and public officials on the prevalence of discrimination based upon sex-with emphasis on the illegality of such discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. […] Senator Eugene McCarthy introduced the Equal Rights Amendment to the Senate today! S. 3567 has 37 co-sponsors and NOW is hopeful that ERA will finally be passed! NOW has been formally incorporated in Washington, DC. Find our registered office at 1629 K Street, NW, Suite 500. 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. […] |
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