NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR WOMEN

BACKGROUND

• founded on June 30, 1966, in Washington, D.C., by 28 people
• the Third National Conference of State Commissions on the Status of Women,
• The Statement of Purpose

FOUNDERS

• Betty Friedan
• Rev. Pauli Murray
• Shirley Chisholm

INFLUENCES

• President's Commission on the Status of Women,
• Betty Friedan's book The Feminine Mystique
• Lack of enforcement of the Civil Right Act of 1964

NOW'S BILL OF RIGHTS

• Laws against sex discrimination in employment
• maternity leave rights in employment
• Social Security benefits
• tax deduction for home and child care expenses for working parents
• child day care center

OTHER INFO