This Day in History: NOW Founded

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#tdih On October 29, 1966 the National Organization for Women (NOW) was founded in Washington, D.C. The 30 attendees at that first meeting elected Betty Friedan, author of The Feminine Mystique, as NOW's first president. Here is a lesson about the women's movement in the 19th century. http://bit.ly/1rrBm5y Photo by Diana Mara Henry (left to right) Billie Jean King, Susan B. Anthony II, Bella Abzug, Sylvia Ortiz, Peggy Kokernot, Michele Cearcy, Betty Friedan 1977

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