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From: NOW (National Organization for Women) FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PRESS CONTACTS: Barbara Ireton, 202-DU 7-3200 Betty Friedan, 212-874-1658 Muriel Fox- 212-YU 8-1124 NOTE: The latter two may be reached Monday, Nov. 20, through the Mayflower Hotel. WASHINGTON, D. C. November 20 – – The National Organization for Women (NOW) announced today that its second annual […] NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR WOMEN TO: All members of NOW FROM: Betty Friedan, President DATE: January 15 1968 For your information, and to guide your action in 1968 as a member of NOW the enclosed documents constitute the basic reports and policy positions adopted by the Second National Conference of the National Organization for Women (NOW) […] 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 […] 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. […] 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 […] 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: […] 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 […] 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. […] 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 […] |
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