NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR WOMEN

FOUNDED

• In 1966
• By Betty Friedan
• Who was also the first president

FOUGHT FOR

• Equal opportunity of employment
• Equal legal and political rights
• Economic justice
• Change the idea of women in mass media

TASK FORCE ON EDUCATION

• Wanted to end discrimination
• Help girls
• Make the best of their abiltiy
• Knowing they were the future

EQUAL RIGHTS AMMENDMENT

• Set out to pass in constitution
• Membership rose to 200,000
• By july of 1972 had "Ms"
• Organization's own magazine
• Author- Gloria Steinem

SUCCESS

• Equal Rights Amendment
• Passes in March of 1972
• Gender discrimination was banned in education
• Right to privacy was expanded
• More women started going to college