National Organization for Women

Thérèse was a Montreal born woman who was heavily involved in politics and was a renowned social activist, world peace advocate who protested against the use of nuclear weaponry. She founded the Quebec branch of the Voice of Women organization, who wanted to achieve rights for women and to achieve “Construction, not destruction”. Thérèse was a powerful woman with a large agenda that she continued to fight for until her death in 1981 but unfortunately has become one of many forgotten faces in…

The nineteenth amendment is to ensure women their right to vote. The struggle for victory took decades of protest and anger. Starting in the mid-nineteenth century, generations and generations of women’s suffrage supporters lobbied, lectured, wrote, marched, paraded, went on strike, organized, petitioned, picketed, held silent vigils, and practiced civil disobedience to quickly advance the United States of America’s constitution and obtain the right to vote. Many original supporters had passed…

research interest groups which could prove to be beneficial in the fight to end abortion. I intend to pick an interest group I view as the best fit and possibly become an active member of that organization. I would join the group after comparing and contrasting the benefits and efficiencies for all of the organizations that I research. After research on various interest groups, I made a decision on which group would be most beneficial to…

Her best humanitarian endeavor is finding the National Council of Negro Woman (NCNW) This organization dedicated to women of color to help improve their lives and its communities The mission is advancing opportunities and providing a quality life Bethune saw a need to instill in Negro women to become strong minded with power and to become leaders to help diminish sexism and racism Being the most African-American organizations under guidance of Mary McLeod Bethune her ideas of bringing…

Voices which is an organization that is working on preventing violence against women and children, American Bar Association Commission on Domestic and Sexual Violence they work on addressing domestic and sexual violence from a legal perspective, Equality Now protects and promotes the human rights of women and girls all over the world by…

Existing Problem The existing health problem is the increased rate of chlamydia infections affecting sexually active women under the age of 25. The CDC (2015) has estimated one in 20 sexually active young women aged 14 to 24 years has a chlamydia infection. Women who are infected are at high risk of developing reproductive health problems because chlamydia infections can present without symptoms. The CDC (2011) reported that fewer than half of the people who should be screened receive…

Shouldn’t Happen to Nobody Else” by Jennifer Nelson discuss women of color’s battle for reproductive justice and respect within the reproductive rights movement. Price’s “What is Reproductive Justice”, provides an in-depth introduction and overview of the movement for reproductive justice and the WOC organizations working to address these issues. “Killing the Black Body”, analyses the root and history of reproductive injustices facing Black women in the United States, and the continued…

that made them look for hope in other ways such as relgion. During the 1970s, women continued to campaign for their cause for political and economic equality. They used different organization such as the National Women’s Political Caucus and the National Organization for Women. Eventually, women got Congress to approve the Equal Rights Amendment which gave them equal rights under the law. In the film, you see that women played a huge role in the Peoples’ Temple. Whether it be part time or full…

These women soon took a stand to change the way people viewed sports in general. African American women would not be allowed to participate in the international event The Olympics if it wasn’t for Tuskegee Institute’s Athletic Director, Cleveland Abbot. The success of African American women track stars in Olympic competitions was all for the Tuskegee Athletic Director, Abbot began the Tuskegee Relays in 1927, the relays cooperated two events for women. The National Amateur Union (AAU)…

with the women movement in the early 1960’s which focused on supporting women and children who have been victimized by a male-dominated justice system. The next movement is the law and order movement which is considered the milestone of victimology because it brought about the victimization surveys and victim services. The final movement is the civil rights movement which brought about equality for visible minorities. As a result of these movements, several…