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(02/22-23/67) At the NOW National Board Meeting in Chicago, IL, by-laws were adopted by the Board incorporating the revisions specified by the October 1966 National Conference. These by-laws provided for the establishment of chapters. The Task Forces established by the Board at this meeting were: Equal Opportunity of Employment; Legal and Political Rights; Education; Women […] Five NOW officers and 35 members have filed a formal petition with the EEOC for hearings to amend the regulations on classified job advertising that permit segregation of “help wanted” ads on the basis of sex. NOW has threatened the Commission with a mandamus action to compel enforcement of the prohibition against sex discrimination, has […] NOW ‘s Legal Committee, chaired by Marguerite Rawalt and including Carruthers Berger, Mary Eastwood and Phineas Indritz, has been authorized to take action on behalf of the airline stewardesses in the case of Velma Menglekoch v. the California Industrial Welfare Commission in which Menglekoch charged loss of wages and promotional opportunity because she was denied […] NOW held its founding conference on October, 29-30, 1968 in Washington, D.C. Election results: Betty Friedan: president Kay Clarenbach: chair of the board Aileen Hernandez: vice president (elected in absentia with consent) Richard Graham: vice president Caroline Davis: secretary-treasurer
To refine our policies and establish our specific goals, NOW set up seven Task Forces: […] (06/28-29/66) At the Third Annual Conference of Commissions on the Status of Women in Washington, D.C., the failure of the EEOC to enforce Title VII of the Civil Rights Act prompted the formation of NOW. Twenty-eight women contributed $5 each to help fund its organization: Ada Allness, Mary Evelyn Benbow, Gene Boyer, Analoyce Clapp, Kathryn […] |
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