National Organization for Women. Pennsylvania Chapter.
The Pennsylvania National Organization for Women (PA NOW) is a nonprofit women's rights advocacy group founded in 1971. PA NOW is a division of the National Organization for Women, the largest feminist organization in America. The National Organization for Women was founded in 1966 and has over 500,000 members and 550 branches in 50 states. NOW also has its own, non-partisan, political action committee (NOW/PAC) that supports candidates in federal elections. Many state organizations and local chapters of NOW also have political action committees which support candidates for state and local government offices.
The National Organization for Women focuses on six core issues: promoting abortion rights and reproductive freedom; achieving economic equality; ending sex discrimination; championing civil rights; promoting diversity and stopping racism; and ending violence against women. NOW members participate in rallies, marches, counter-protests, lobbying, class-action lawsuits, and political organizing to advocate for their causes.
References: panow.org and now.org
From the guide to the Pennsylvania National Organization for Women (PA NOW) papers, Bulk, 1975-1996, 1970-2007, (Bryn Mawr College)
| Role | Title | Holding Repository | |
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| creatorOf | Pennsylvania National Organization for Women (PA NOW) papers, Bulk, 1975-1996, 1970-2007 | Bryn Mawr College | |
| referencedIn | Witter, Jean. Jean Witter papers, 1953-2007. | University of Pittsburgh |
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| associatedWith | Witter, Jean. | person |
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| Abortion |
| Abortion clinics |
| Affirmative action |
| Aging |
| AIDS |
| Body image |
| Child abuse |
| Child care |
| Children |
| Child support |
| Civil rights |
| Comparable worth |
| Contraception |
| Divorce |
| Domestic abuse |
| Emergency contraceptives |
| Equal rights amendments |
| Feminism |
| Gender and violence |
| Gender and work |
| Gender discrimination |
| Health care |
| Homosexual rights movement |
| Incarceration |
| Insurance |
| Ku Klux Klan |
| Labor |
| Lesbian rights |
| LGBT |
| Marital Rape |
| Media |
| Pay equity |
| Political action committees |
| Pornography |
| Poverty |
| Prostitution |
| Race |
| Racism |
| Rape |
| Reproduction |
| Reproductive health |
| Reproductive rights |
| Right-wing extremists |
| Sex Education |
| Sexual abuse |
| Sexual harassment |
| Spousal rape |
| Violence |
| Welfare |
| Welfare reform |
| Women and religion |
| Women and the military |
| Women athletes |
| Women's education |
| Women's Organizations |
| Women's rights |
| Occupation |
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