National Organization for Women

American  

noun

1. a women's rights organization founded in 1966.

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National Organization for Women Cultural  

1. A major feminist organization, founded in the middle 1960s, when the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission failed to enforce a clause in the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibiting discrimination on the basis of gender. One of its founders was Betty Friedan. NOW has worked to promote occupational opportunities for women and has supported legislative proposals that would guarantee women equality with men.

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Example Sentences

The advertising executive and Ohio transplant was active in Democratic and feminist circles, co-founding the Hollywood chapter of the National Organization for Women and leading the West Hollywood Women’s Advisory Board.

From Los Angeles Times

Supreme Court decision upholding more restrictions on abortions, one Orange County chapter of the National Organization for Women saw its membership shoot up 60%.

From Los Angeles Times

His nomination as director was denounced by the ACLU, the NAACP, the National Organization for Women, the Southern Poverty Law Center, and many other civil rights and civil liberties organizations.

From Salon

Most major advocacy groups, like Planned Parenthood and the National Organization for Women, opposed this kind of legislation on the grounds it could create pathways for anti-abortion groups to pass more personhood laws and to further restrict abortion.

From Slate

Her mother, Carole Osman, founded the Broward County chapter of the National Organization for Women and Friedman spent her childhood canvassing for abortion rights and the Equal Rights Amendment at her side.

From Los Angeles Times