NOW Legal Defense & Education Fund
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The National Organization for Women Legal Defense and Education Fund (NOW LDEF) is a non-profit organization which has been in the forefront of advocacy and litigation for women's rights for the past twenty-five years. The organization was established as the litigating arm of the women's rights community in 1970 by the original founders of the National Organization for Women. The Fund employs a staff of clerical and support workers, an occupational category traditionally filled by females.
Archival Resources
| Role | Title | Holding Repository | |
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| referencedIn | Papers, 1958-1977 (inclusive), 1972-1977 (bulk) | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| creatorOf | Guide to the United Automobile Workers of America, Local 2320, National Organization for Women Legal Defense and Education Fund Union Organizing Campaign Records,1983-1985 | Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives |
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| Relation | Name | |
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| associatedWith | Sharon Leijoy Johnson, 1934- | person |
| Place Name | Admin Code | Country | |
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| United States | 00 | US |
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| Feminism |
| Sexual discrimination |
| Women |
| Women |
| Women's rights |
| Women's Rights Advocates |
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| Nonprofit organizations |
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Establishment 1970
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