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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. […] TASK FORCE ON LEGAL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS (1967) Goals: *A campaign for women to assume equal rights and responsibilitiesas American citizens, including full participation in politicaldecision- making in the power structure of the political parties,in the selection of candidates and the formation of national policy,in the holding of public office, and in service to the […] TASK FORCE ON WOMEN IN POVERTY (Task Force Report-1967) A. We start with a concern for the plight of women who now livein poverty.The most serious victims of sex-discrimination in thiscountry are the women at the bottom, including those who, unsupported,head a great percentage of families in poverty; those women whowork at low-paying, marginal jobs, […] NOW TASK FORCE ON EDUCATION (Background Comments of the Substitute Temporary ConvenerHelenSchleman, May 1967) I. Composition of Task Force – We are dealing in an area whereonly the word of well-known experts gets much attention. It istherefore recommended that every effort be made to recruit a fewwell recognized persons for this group whose recommendations willcarry […] First Memo to National Board Members November 29, 1966 MEMO TO: NOW Board Members FROM: Kathryn F. Clarenbach, Chairman of the Board By now you have all received a first mailing of materials andknow that NOW is in business. The November 20th Board meetingin New York was well attended (18 members present) and we workedout […] AN INVITATION TO JOIN – SEPTEMBER, 1966 N.O.W. is a new national organization being formed “To takeaction to bring women into full participation in the mainstreamof American society NOW, assuming all the privileges and responsibilitiesthereof in truly equal partnership with men. “With so many Americans consciously concerned with full participationof all our citizens and with […] |
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