Papers of NOW officers, 1965-1973

Friedan, Betty, 1921-2006

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Betty Friedan was born Bettye Goldstein on February 4, 1921, in Peoria, Illinois, the daughter of Harry and Miriam (Horwitz) Goldstein. She attended Peoria public schools and graduated summa cum laude from Smith College in 1942. She continued her studies as a University fellow in psychology at the University of California, Berkeley (1943). In June 1947 she married Carl Friedan, an advertising executive; they had three children (Daniel, Jonathan, and Emily) and were divorced in May 1969. Fried...

Hernandez, Aileen C.

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Civil rights, union and women's rights activist Aileen Clarke Hernandez was born Aileen Clarke on May 23, 1926, in Brooklyn, New York. Her Jamaican-born parents, theatrical seamstress Ethel Louise Hall Clarke and Garveyite brushmaker Charles Henry Clarke, named their daughter for Aileen Pringle, a film actress. Hernandez, who grew up in the ethnically-mixed Bay Ridge neighborhood of New York City, attended elementary school at P.S. 176 and graduated in 1943 as school newspaper editor, vice presi...

National Organization for Women

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The National Organization for Women (NOW) was formed in Washington D.C. in 1966, and incorporated in 1967. The organization was formed to bring women into full participation in the mainstream of society, assuming all privileges and responsibilities in fully equal partnership with men. Local chapters were formed throughout the country and task forces were set up to deal with problems of women in areas such as employment, education, religion, poverty, law, politics, and image in the media....

National Organization for Women of New Jersey.

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Bernardin, Joseph, 1928-1996

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Bishop Joseph L. Bernardin (1928-1996) was appointed auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Atlanta in 1966. In 1968, Bernardin assumed the duties of General Secretary of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops. From the description of Joseph L. Bernardin papers, 1964-1975 (bulk 1966-1968). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38476124 Cardinal of Catholic Church, Chicago Diocese; native of Columbia, S.C.; ordained to the priesthood on 26 Apr. 1952 at St. Joseph's Catholic Chu...

Ohio National Organization for Women

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Elizabeth Farians

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Elizabeth Farians, educator, theologian, and founder of the National Organization for Women's Ecumenical Task Force on Women and Religion, was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1923. The daughter of Charles Herbert and Hilda Elizabeth (Born) Farians, she received her B.S. (1943) and her master's degree in education (1952) from the University of Cincinnati. After several years as a physical education teacher, EF enrolled in the graduate program in Theology for Women at Saint Mary's Colleg...

National Organization for Women. Ecumenical Task Force on Women and Religion.

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Joint Committee of Organizations Concerned with the Status of Women in the Church.

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