For the twentieth anniversary of NOW [videorecording] / [production company unknown] 1986.

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For the twentieth anniversary of NOW [videorecording] / [production company unknown] 1986.

Sister Joel Read and Sister Austin Doherty of Alverno College in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, address the 20th National Organization for Women convention. They discuss how their lives as unmarried, educated women led them to the women's movement in the mid-1960s. Catherine Conroy, Milwaukee labor organizer, speaks about her efforts to involve women in the labor movement.

1 videocassette of 1 (VHS) (15 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. viewing copy.

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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....