National Organization for Women. Morris County Chapter (Morris County, N.J.)

Television production company.

In 1993, tired of being vilified by rightwing extremists in their area, Morris County, New Jersey NOW activists took the suggestion of well-known feminist, Florence Kennedy, to explore the possiblility of producing their own TV show. The named the program "New Directions for Women" in honor of the national feminist publication of the same name that was published by Paula Kasell, the founder of the Morris County NOW chapter. A local cable company, Sammons Communications, provided ten weeks of training to the newly-formed TV Task Force. In August 1994 they began producing New Directions for Women Feminist Programs. As of March 2007, the organization is still extant and still producing the program.

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