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!
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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! (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 […] 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 […] 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
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