This 1956 grad co-founded the Ms. Foundation & the Women's Action Alliance
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Gloria Steinem Papers, 1940-2000 : Biographical and Historical Note  After her 1956 graduation, Steinem received a Chester Bowles ... Steinem co-founded New York magazine in 1968 and served as its political ... the founding of the Ms. Foundation for Women, The National Women's Political Caucus, Voters for Choice, The Women's Action Alliance, and the Coalition of Labor Union Women.
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Gloria Steinem | Ms. Foundation for Women  In 1972, Gloria Steinem co-founded Ms. magazine, remained one of its editors for ... Ms. Steinem helped to found the Women's Action Alliance, a pioneering ... Ms. Steinem graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Smith College in 1956, and then spent...
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Past Events - THE POWER OF WOMEN'S VOICES - Smith College  Dec 11, 2013 ... Oldest US collection of women's history manuscripts and archives; letters, ... After her 1956 graduation, Steinem received a Chester Bowles post-graduate ... include the founding of the Ms. Foundation for Women, The National ... The Women's Action Alliance, and the Coalition of Labor Union Women.
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Women's Action Alliance - Wikipedia  The Women's Action Alliance was a feminist organization in the United States, founded in 1971 ... New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc. Retrieved ... Wikipedia is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit...
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Smith College: Gloria Steinem's Birthday  Gloria Steinem in her New York City apartment, 1969. Gloria Steinem Papers, Sophia Smith Collection. The Wit and Wisdom of Gloria Steinem...
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Free Flashcards about FAMOUS WOMEN - StudyStack  Free flashcards to help memorize facts about FAMOUS WOMEN. ... IN 1957 & IN 1976 BECAME THE FIRST WOMAN TO CONDUCT AT THE MET, SARAH CALDWELL .... THIS WOMAN DID QUITE A "SMASHING" JOB DURING HER CRUSADE ..... AS WELL AS MADD, SHE FOUNDED SADD, STUDENTS AGAINST...
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National American Woman Suffrage Association - Wikipedia  Carrie Chapman Catt joined the suffrage movement in Iowa in the ... When Anthony retired as NAWSA president in 1900, she ... been closely associated with either the NWSA or the AWSA, to succeed her.
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Mary McLeod Bethune - Civil Rights Activist, Educator - Biography.com  Feb 25, 2015 ... Learn more about Mary McLeod Bethune, the leading educator and ... She founded the National Council of Negro Women in 1935. ... Bethune became the one and only child in her family to go to school ... became a special advisor to President Roosevelt on minority affairs. ... U.S. First Lady (18181882).
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Votes for Women: Carrie Chapman Catt - American Memory  National American Woman Suffrage Association Collection Home Page ... Key coordinator of the suffrage movement and skillful political strategist, Carrie (Lane) Chapman Catt ... In 1900, she succeeded Anthony as NAWSA president.
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Betty Ford's Momentous Contributions to Cancer Awareness ...  Aug 10, 2011 ... Former First Lady Betty Ford's name and legacy will forever be ... but her contributions to helping overcome the stigma of cancer are just as ... Susan G. Komen for the Cure Founder and CEO Nancy G. Brinker spoke with me as she was ... reassuring and confident, especially for women [with breast cancer]..
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authorizing the award of a congressional gold medal to rosa parks  Apr 19, 1999 ... Rosa Parks issued that challenge to the powers that be. ... Throughout her long life, Rosa Parks has shown that one woman can make a real difference. ..... Ms. Parks helped start, today's Montgomery is a quite different city from the one ... and its history as the birthplace of the civil rights movement are both...
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Praxis I Reading Test  Medicine ran out of funds; the Baltimore and Ohio. Railroad ... the directors did open the school in 1893, it was because five women had raised more than $500,000 through a .... the admission of women was directly caused by their insistence.
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Free Flashcards about FAMOUS WOMEN - StudyStack  IN 1956 SHE MADE $3 MILLION AS THE LAST OF THE ORIGINAL UNITED ARTISTS PARTNERS TO SELL THEIR STOCK, MARY PICKFORD.
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Carrie Chapman Catt - Women's Rights Activist - Biography.com  Apr 14, 2015 ... Biography.com tells you about Carrie Chapman Catt. ... Women's rights activist and suffragette Carrie Chapman Catt came up with the Winning Plan to pass the 19th amendment in 1920. ... She also founded the League of Women Voters. ... After this great success, she left the NAWSA and looked to help...
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History  Business Professional Women's Foundation  While mobilizing for World War I, the U.S. Government recognized the need for a ... to the effort and supported the formation of women's branches of the Armed Forces. ... Act (introduced in 1997) became BPW/USA's focus legislation through the '90s. ... BPW/USA celebrated its 75th anniversary at the 1994 St. Louis, Missouri...
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In 1956 Dr. William Masters hired her as an assistant in his sex ...  Jun 27, 2016 ... In 1956 Dr. William Masters hired her as an assistant in his sex research project # Quiz # Question. video. 0:28 0 likes, 0 dislikes. No views.
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Marisa Tomei to Play Gloria Steinem in 'Ms.' HBO Miniseries  The miniseries will examine the creation of Ms. magazine in 1971 through the eyes ... She was one of the founders of Ms. magazine and later co-founded the ... and other leading feminists to found the National Women's Political Caucus. Nicknamed Battling Bella, she helped plan President Gerald Ford's National Women's...
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About Mrs. King | The Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent ...  She conceived and performed a series of favorably-reviewed Freedom Concerts ... After her husband's assassination in 1968, Mrs. King founded and devoted great ... the Atlanta-based Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change as a ... Mobilization Against Fear and Intimidation in Forsyth County, Georgia.
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National Organization for Women - Wikipedia  The National Organization for Women (NOW) is an American feminist organization founded in 1966. ... The President's Commission on the Status of Women was established in 1961 by John F. Kennedy, in hopes of ... In 1968 NOW issued a Bill of Rights, which they had adopted at their 1967 national conference, advocating...
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Encyclopdia Britannica's Guide to Women's History  pioneer crusader for the woman suffrage movement in the United States and ... Association, and at Stanton's resignation in 1892 Anthony became president. ... 1900, at age 80, she retired from the presidency of the National American Woman...
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Molly Yard - Wikipedia  Mary Alexander "Molly" Yard (July 6, 1912  September 21, 2005) was an American feminist of the late 20th century who was an assistant to First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, and later a U.S. administrator, social activist and feminist, who served as National Organization for Women (NOW)'s eighth president from 1987 to ... Eleanor Smeal  President of the National Organization for Women