National Organization for Women

The National Organization for Women (NOW) is an American feminist group founded on June 30, 1966 in Washington, D.C., by women attending the Third National Conference of the Commission on the Status of Women. Among the 28 founders were Betty Friedan, author of The Feminine Mystique (1963), who became NOW's first president, and Rev. Pauli Murray, the first African-American woman Episcopal priest. Molly Yard was president from 1987 to 1991. During the 1970s NOW promoted the Equal Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. In 1966 they introduced the "Statement of Purpose". In this document they outline the basic demands and ideals of the American feminist movement of the time. The organization's membership is not merely limited to women, and has had famous "male feminists" as members.

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