A New First-Hand Account of the Women’s Movement

The Women’s Revolution: How We Changed Your Life, by Muriel Fox Published June 2024 A comprehensive, indexed memoir about the Second Wave women’s movement by the cofounder of the National Organization for Women (NOW). Muriel Fox offers rare, firsthand stories of 29 women and one man, including Betty Freidan, but also many who have not previously been recognized for their [...]

2024-07-28T18:50:19-04:00July 28th, 2024|Uncategorized|

Museum of Public Relations Records Muriel Fox’s Activism for Women’s History Month

[This piece was created by Jared Meade on behalf of the Museum of Public Relations in honor of Women's History Month.] The Feminist Trailblazer: How Muriel Fox Used Public Relations to Change the World By Jared Meade 03/13/2024 With the power of public relations in their hands, practitioners can change the world. It might appear like a lofty claim, but [...]

2024-03-14T07:03:25-04:00March 14th, 2024|Uncategorized|

American Quarters Program Features Pauli Murray

The 2024 Reverend Dr. Pauli Murray Quarter is the 11th coin in the American Women Quarters™ Program. Rev. Dr. Pauli Murray was a poet, writer, activist, lawyer, and Episcopal priest. Pauli Murray was a founder of NOW, is credited by Betty Friedan with the idea of creating a national women's rights organization. and is regarded as one of the most [...]

2024-02-27T10:14:24-05:00February 27th, 2024|Uncategorized|

The Passing of Rebecca Lubetkin, Pioneering Feminist

We write with heavy hearts to inform you that we lost Rebecca Lubetkin, colleague, educator, VFA board member and friend early this morning. Becky passed away peacefully in her sleep, resting beside her beloved Daniel with her daughters by her side. Although we can barely scratch the surface of her accomplishments and influence over the years, a link to [...]

2023-11-20T09:51:50-05:00November 20th, 2023|Uncategorized|

New Book by Katherine Turk on “The Women of NOW”

The Women of NOW: How Feminists Built an Organization that Transformed America, published on August 15, 2023 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Author Katherine Turk says, "I spent two decades researching NOW, a key force in history whose full story had never been told. The Women of NOW spotlights three diverse and lesser-known figures who worked to organize women across [...]

2023-08-29T09:02:31-04:00August 14th, 2023|Uncategorized|
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