National Organization for Women

Women Strike for Peace (WSP) was an important organization for the “peace movement”. When first typing Women Strike for Peace into Google a bunch of websites popped up, most of the website gave general/most important information about this organization. Which WSP were developed to protest against nuclear testing, a protest which involved 50,000 women from 60 committees throughout the nation stopped whatever they were doing and walked out and had a one-day protest again nuclear testing. That was…

across the country, with interest in all aspects of American life, the APA has shed the lowly “immigrant” label, with most Asian-Pacific Americans U.S. born, and educated. The radical Yellow Power movement of the 60s, has given way to such organizations as the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association, and the Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional…

Targeted will be local NGOs and CBOs focusing on local legal training to community based organizations as well…

both men and women within nationalist groups, forced members of PFWAC to reconsider the possibility of achieving equality, justice, and rights both as women and as Palestinians. The questions raised by the response of nationalist groups created a binary in which Palestinian women could either be Palestinian or be women. In other words, Palestinian women could advocate for their rights as Palestinians or as women, but never simultaneously, the ability to advocate as Palestinian women was not seen…

for women under the New Deal work relief projects. The New Deal was created by her husband FDR, aimed to restore prosperity to Americans. She was also interested in finding government jobs for women and believed that “women should be able to do just as much as men do.” (“Eleanor Roosevelt”) She strongly supported the arts and writers’ projects of the Works Progress Administration. Eleanor also helped to impact several women’s organizations by leading and speaking for them. The League of Women…

Susan B. Anthony was a women’s rights activist who fought for the right for women to vote. Susan was also a writer and lecturer.Susan helped run the National Woman's Suffrage Association. She helped many women of today get the rights they deserve. She believed in standing up for what you believe in. Susan Brownell Anthony was born February 15,1820 in Adams, Massachusetts. Susan grew up in a Quaker family and developed a strong moral compass at an early age. She spent most of her life…

was that women should have the same rights as men. Wollstonecraft, the founder of modern European feminism during the age of the Enlightenment advocated for women’s rights and went against the accepted idea that women were only suitable for household work. (Spielvogel 520). Wollstonecraft, in laying out a foundation paved a path for women in the following generations to think critically and speak out for women’s equality. (Spielvogel 520). Wollstonecraft’s beliefs of equality for women are…

movements in African-American history. It started around the 1890s, with some of the strongest and amazing women in the country. They went through many terrifying and overwhelming obstacles. They were threatened by whites to be lynched, which is completely terrible. Different clubs that protect Negro women joined forces. These women who participated were the most ambitious and toughest women in history, and they were tougher in the moments where people tried their best to bring them down.…

breast cancer education and recommendations for screenings (ww5.komen.org). Four top organizations have introduced different recommendations on breast cancer screening, although proposed treatment plans are similar, the issue still persists. Educating women of all ages, ethnic and social backgrounds is significant because there are many misconceptions on breast cancer screening that has instilled fear in many women, causing them to forego any type of screening or testing. Therefore, would…

domestic and foreign dignitaries, including the acting Vice-President Senator Thomas Ferry as a replacement for President Grant. The women were determined to make a point and conquer the opportunity to discuss women’s rights in front of them. They had asked respectfully and were turned down and they were determined to make their presence and the Declaration of Women known. Susan B. Anthony, Matilda Joslyn Gage, Sara Andrews Spencer, Lillie Devereux Blake and Phoebe W. Couzins with their platform…