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sans-serif"><b>National Organization for Women</b></font><p> <font size=+1 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color=red><b>ORGANIZATION</b></font><p> <p>Founded in 1966.<p> <b>Official Website:</b><br><a href="http://www.now.org/">http://www.now.org/</a><p> <b>Founding Date:</b><br>1966<p><table border=1 class="sortable bordered" id="sort_actors"> <tr><th><b>Name</b></th><th><b>Occupation</b></th><th><b>Birth</b></th><th>Death</b></th><th><b>Known for</b></th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/350/000032254/"><font size=-1>Tammy Baldwin</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Politician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>11-Feb-1962</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>&nbsp;</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>US Senator from Wisconsin</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/237/000081991/"><font size=-1>Elayne Boosler</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Comic</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>18-Aug-1952</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>&nbsp;</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Has had 7 cable comedy specials</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/470/000052314/"><font size=-1>Tammy Bruce</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Radio Personality</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>19-Aug-1962</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>&nbsp;</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Right-wing radio pundit, columnist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/436/000032340/"><font size=-1>Shirley Chisholm</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Politician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>30-Nov-1924</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>1-Jan-2005</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>First black woman elected to US House</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/430/000023361/"><font size=-1>Olympia Dukakis</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>20-Jun-1931</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>&nbsp;</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Tales of the City</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/865/000022799/"><font size=-1>Betty Friedan</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Activist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>4-Feb-1921</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>4-Feb-2006</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Rights for women spokesperson</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/798/000118444/"><font size=-1>Kim Gandy</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Activist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>25-Jan-1954</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>&nbsp;</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>President of NOW</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/069/000038952/"><font size=-1>Alcee Hastings</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Politician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>5-Sep-1936</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>&nbsp;</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Congressman, Florida 20th</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/433/000024361/"><font size=-1>Shere Hite</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Author</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>2-Nov-1942</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>&nbsp;</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The Hite Report</i> on sexuality</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/690/000024618/"><font size=-1>Patricia Ireland</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Activist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>19-Oct-1945</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>&nbsp;</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>NOW president, 1991-2001</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/344/000159864/"><font size=-1>Rachel P. Maines</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Scholar</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>8-Jul-1950</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>&nbsp;</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The Technology of Orgasm</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/891/000055726/"><font size=-1>Kate Millett</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Activist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>14-Sep-1934</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>&nbsp;</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Sexual Politics</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/070/000039950/"><font size=-1>Jerrold Nadler</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Politician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>13-Jun-1947</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>&nbsp;</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Congressman, New York 8th</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/838/000050688/"><font size=-1>Cristina Saralegui</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>TV Personality</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>29-Jan-1948</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>&nbsp;</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>The Hispanic Oprah</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/307/000040187/"><font size=-1>Jan Schakowsky</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Politician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>26-May-1944</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>&nbsp;</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Congresswoman, Illinois 9th</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/309/000087048/"><font size=-1>Debbie Wasserman Schultz</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Politician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>27-Sep-1966</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>&nbsp;</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Congresswoman, Florida 23rd</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/890/000129503/"><font size=-1>Eleanor Smeal</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Activist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>30-Jul-1939</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>&nbsp;</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Founder, Feminist Majority Foundation</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/576/000025501/"><font size=-1>Gloria Steinem</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Activist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>25-Mar-1934</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>&nbsp;</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Founder, <i>Ms. Magazine</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/899/000205284/"><font size=-1>George Tiller</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Doctor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>8-Aug-1941</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>31-May-2009</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Late-term abortionist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/793/000028709/"><font size=-1>Mary Jean Crenshaw Tully</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Activist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>15-Dec-1925</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>27-Dec-2003</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Feminism activist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/040/000208413/"><font size=-1>Kim M. Wardlaw</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Judge</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>2-Jul-1954</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>&nbsp;</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>9th Circuit Court of Appeals</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/272/000088008/"><font size=-1>Patricia J. Williams</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Scholar</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>28-Aug-1951</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>&nbsp;</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The Alchemy of Race and Rights</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/912/000040792/"><font size=-1>Lynn Woolsey</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Politician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>3-Nov-1937</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>&nbsp;</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Congresswoman, California 6th</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/136/000103824/"><font size=-1>Molly Yard</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Activist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>6-Jul-1912</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>21-Sep-2005</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>President of NOW, 1987-91</td> </tr> </table> <br><br><p> <font size=-1>Do you know something we don't?</font><br> <font size=-1><a href="http://commentary.nndb.com/submit/feedback/?id=41688" rel="nofollow">Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile</a></font><br> <p> <br><br><p><font size=-1>Copyright &copy;2016 Soylent Communications</font><p> </td></tr></table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="top" style="padding: 0px 0px 8px 25px;"><b class="b1f"></b><b class="b2f"></b><b class="b3f"></b><b class="b4f"></b><div class="contentf"><center><a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/" class="fotmlink" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; color: #dd0000;">NNDB MAPPER</a><br><br><a style="color: #0000ff" href="http://mapper.nndb.com/maps/377/000003368/"><img src="http://mapper.nndb.com/t/377/3368/s3368.jpg" width=128><br><font size="-1" face="trebuchet ms">Freemasons 2</font></a><br><br><font face="Trebuchet MS, arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="-2">Requires Flash 7+ and Javascript.</font></center></div><b class="b4f"></b><b class="b3f"></b><b class="b2f"></b><b class="b1f"></b><br clear=left><b class="b1f"></b><b class="b2f"></b><b class="b3f"></b><b class="b4f"></b><div class="contentf"><center><b class="fotmlink" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; color: #dd0000;">Bibliographies</b><p>NNDB has added thousands of bibliographies for people, organizations, schools, and general topics, listing more than 50,000 books and 120,000 other kinds of references. 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