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Former NOW President Eleanor Smeal Awarded Citizens Medal
On January 2, President Biden honored former NOW President Eleanor Smeal with the Presidential Citizens Medal--the nation’s second highest civilian honors—for “defining the movement for women’s rights.”
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 [...]
Museum of Public Relations Records Muriel Fox’s Activism for Women’s History Month
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 [...]
VFA Statement on Rape as a Weapon of War
We decry rape at all times, and especially as an instrument of war as it was practiced by the terrorist organization, Hamas, on October 7. VFA opposes all discrimination, gender based violence and all [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Celebrating the Life of Barbara Love, Sept. 10, 2023 at 2pm in NYC
New York – On September 10th, a celebration of the life of Barbara J. Love, a seminal figure of the women’s, lesbian and gay rights movements, who died at 85 on November 13, 2022, [...]
Dorothy Pitman Hughes Dies at 84; Brought Black Issues to Feminism
A close friend of Gloria Steinem, she toured with her and spoke widely about the need for women to confront racism and classism in their ranks. Read her obituary here.