Legal Momentum (Organization)
Legal Momentum is the oldest non-profit legal organization dedicated to advancing the rights of women and girls. Formed in 1970 as the NOW Legal Defense & Education Fund, it changed its name to Legal Momentum in 2004. Legal Momentum works to enhance participation of girls in career and technical high schools; protect workplace rights; strengthen the social safety net; expand rights of and services for victims of violence; and to promote gender equality in all aspects of women's lives.
From the description of Records of Legal Momentum, 1972-2010. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 721342585
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| creatorOf | Legal Momentum (Organization). Records of Legal Momentum, 1972-2010. | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America |
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| associatedWith | NOW Legal Defense & Education Fund. | corporateBody |
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| Family violence |
| Poor women |
| Pro-choice movement |
| Sex discrimination in education |
| Sex discrimination in employment |
| Sexual harassment |
| Women |
| Women |
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