Papers of NOW officer Betty Blaisdell Berry, 1940-2006 (inclusive), 1967-1977 (bulk)

Rossi, Alice S., 1922-2009

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Sociologist and feminist Alice S. Rossi graduated from Brooklyn College (B.A. 1947) and Columbia University (Ph. D. 1957). A founder and board member of the National Organization for Women (1966-1970), Rossi also served as president of the American Sociological Association (1982-1983). She was editor (with Ann Calderwood) of Academic Women on the Move (1973) and of The Feminist Papers: From Adams to de Beauvoir (1973), two very early and influential works in the field of women's history. The aut...

United States. National Commission on the Observance of International Women's Year

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Weitzman, Lenore J.

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Spalding, Elizabeth

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Elizabeth Coxe Spalding (ca.1921-2001) was head of the National Organization for Women's Task Force on Marriage, Family Relations, and Divorce (1973-1976), and president of the NOW chapter in Hartford, Conn. She was also a member of Connecticut's Permanent Commission on the Status of Women, chairing their committee to pass the equal protection amendment to the state constitution in 1974. From the description of Papers of NOW officers, 1970-1977 (inclusive). (Harvard University). Worl...

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...

Ginsburg, Ruth Bader, 1933-2020

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Ruth Bader Ginsburg (born Joan Ruth Bader, March 15, 1933 – September 18, 2020), also known by her initials RBG, was an American jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1993 until her death in 2020. She was nominated by President Bill Clinton on June 14, 1993, and had served since August 10, 1993. Ginsburg became the second of four female justices to be confirmed to the Court after Sandra Day O'Connor, the two others being Sonia Sotomayor and Elen...

Seidenberg, Faith.

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Lawyer Faith Seidenberg was legal vice president of the National Organization for Women. She was also legal counsel for the Congress of Racial Equality (1965-1966) and director of the national board of the American Civil Liberties Union. From the description of Papers of NOW officers, 1969-1977 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122421452 ...

National Organization for Women. New York Chapter

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The New York chapter of the National Organization for Women sponsored a women's history stamp series of U.S. First Day Covers, 1977-1978. From the description of Collection, 1971-1978 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232008347 ...

Berry, Betty Blaisdell.

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Berry (B.A., Smith College, 1944; M.A., New York University, 1968) was national coordinator of the Marriage and Divorce Task Force of the National Organization for Women, 1968-1973. As coordinator, she founded and edited the task force newsletter and developed and conducted numerous workshops on marriage and divorce. Berry was active in the New York chapter of NOW as recording secretary (1967-1968) and as chair of the chapter's Marriage and the Family Committee (1967-1971). In 1974 she received ...

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....