Unforgettable NOW intern lives on

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The death of Jessica Glasser, an intern at the Communications Dept of the National Organization for Women (NOW) National Action Center, was a big loss to the organization and the whole feminist cause. The magna cum laude graduate from Emory University has the potential to become one of the champions for women's rights. She died in a car accident in May 24, 1996, at the age of 22. To honor and continue her work, her family established a memorial fund in her name with NOW to provide scholarships to students who could not afford to be interns at the Action Center.

Obituary, Glasser, Jessica

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NOW Mourns foremothers of feminist, civil rights movements

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National Organization for Women (NOW) lost its first president and one of the most important icons of the feminist movement, Betty Friedan on February 4, 2006 who died on her 85th birthday of congestive heart failure at her home in Washington, D.C. She published her groundbreaking book, 'The Feminine Mystique,' in 1963 which was a controversial bestseller and helped to recharge the feminist movement, sparking second-wave feminism and the founding of NOW.

Washington, DC, Criticism and interpretation, Washington, D.C., Works, Friedan, Betty, The Feminine Mystique (Nonfiction work)

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Civil rights leader was force for justice for all

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Coretta Scott King, a social justice champion and the widow of slain civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. who died on January 30, 2006 was also an advocate of women's rights and had been a member of the National Board of Directors of NOW. In 1974, she formed the Full Employment Action Council, a coalition of which NOW was a part, dedicated to achieving full employment and equal economic opportunity.

Biography, King, Coretta Scott

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