Papers of NOW officers, 1970-1977

Grasso, Ella, 1919-1981

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Ella Rosa Giovianna Oliva Grasso, née Tambussi (May 10, 1919 – February 5, 1981) was an American politician and member of the Democratic Party who served as the 83rd Governor of Connecticut from January 8, 1975, to December 31, 1980, after rejecting past offers of candidacies for Senate and Governor. She was the first woman elected to this office and the first woman to be elected governor of a U.S. state without having been the spouse or widow of a former governor. She resigned as governor due t...

Ellen Goodman

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Dreikurs, Rudolf, 1897-1972

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Psychiatrist and educator. From the description of Papers of Rudolf Dreikurs, 1911-1973 (bulk 1937-1972). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71130998 Biographical Note 1897, Feb. 8 Born, Vienna, Austria 1918 Married Stephanie Koch (divorced 1934) 1923 ...

Westoff, Leslie Aldridge

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Elizabeth Coxe Spalding

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Elizabeth Coxe Spalding, head of the National Organization for Women's Task Force on Marriage, Family Relations, and Divorce (1973-1976), was born ca. 1921. She was a member of Connecticut's Permanent Commission on the Status of Women, chairing their Committee on Question #1, the equal protection amendment to the state constitution in 1974. She served several terms as Representative from the 11th district of the Representative Town Meeting, where she was chairperson of the Health Co...

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....

Forthoffer, Elaine.

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Berry, Betty Blaisdell

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J. Bernard's

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Michelle Micale

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Barbara Martin

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Lindh Patricia S.

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NOW Legal Defense & Education Fund

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The National Organization for Women Legal Defense & Education Fund was established in 1970 as a "public service organization dedicated to achieving equality for women and girls." LDEF has focused its efforts on gaining legal rights for women in educational and employment opportunity, cases of physical abuse and sexual harassment, and in marriage and divorce laws. During the 1970s, it campaigned for passage of the Equal Rights Amendment. NOW LDEF has sponsored the Women's Media Project, the P...

Jean Stapleton

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Sonya Herman

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Connecticut. Permanent Commission on the Status of Women

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Richard Bright

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National Organization for Women. Task Force on Marriage, Family Relations, and Divorce.

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Juviann Grenier

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