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National Organization for Women

The National Organization for Women (NOW) is the largest feminist activists’ interest group of United States that seeks to protect the individual rights of women. The influential success of NOW can be understood through following factors. Its’ concrete background; nearly half century worth of history as foundation; well structured organization; membership incentives; the function and approach of NOW/PAC and NEP; up to date Statement of Purpose; high priority to key issues that benefits society as a whole; and lastly the services that NOW provides on the global scale.

NOW currently have 500,000 active members and 550 chapters throughout the 50 states and District of Columbia. As NOW consist a large sum of members, with goals that would achieve common good and broad range of interest, it would be categorized as a public interest group; NOW is also a non-profit 501(c) (3) charitable organization that does not get funding from the federal government, but operates through the funding of the membership dues and donations from private parties. NOW is a non-partisan organization that does not have any affiliation with political parties, however candidates of any political parties are allow accepting endorsements from the Political Action committee (PAC) of NOW. NOW focus on the issues of women right on secure abortion, birth control and reproductive rights; protecting women from violence. However, NOW does not just seek the rights and equality for the women, but also looking after the gay and lesbian.

NOW was founded nearly half of a century ago, ever since it has been taking actions of trying to bring the equality for all women, and getting rid of the sexual discrimination and harassment at workplace,...

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... altruistic principal had all alone been its key to success.

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