Happy 40th NOW!

Natiobal Organization of Women: Happy 40th Brithday!

The National Organization for Women was founded in 1966 at the Third Annual Conference of Commissions on the Status of Women in Washington, D.C. Twenty-eight women contributed $5 each to help fund the new organization -- which was intended to be "an NAACP for women." One of the women was the late Betty Friedan, author and founder of NOW. On a paper napkin, Friedan wrote the famous acronym "NOW." The rest, as they say, is history. Fast forward forty years and NOW is still going strong, with over 500,000 members across the U.S, and chapters in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. NOW has been at the forefront of every major advance for women's equality for four decades--making progress and enduring setbacks.