NOW Acts, Vol. 4, No. 3, Fall (Late) 1971

Object number:

H97.23.14

Object name:

newsletter

Title:

NOW Acts, Vol. 4, No. 3, Fall (Late) 1971

Date made:

Fall 1971

Material / Technique:

Ink on paper and steel

Dimensions:

W: 8.5 in

Credit line:

Gift of Diana Thatcher

Physical description:

White paper outer folio printed on all four pages in black ink with 22 page insert on pale yellow paper with black. Inside center fold insert printed on bright yellow cotton paper with black ink. No binding. Outer folio page shows yellowing at edges and a staple hole at right middle edge with missing staple. Back cover sheet has address label adhered.

Content description:

NOW Acts, Vol. 4, No. 3, Fall (Late) 1970 newsletter for the National Organization For Women. Rear page of cover indicates Distribution & Return Address, NOW Center, W. Pico Blvd, Los Angeles; Editorial Office: 1126 Hi-Point St., Los Angeles, Subscription/Change of address: NOW National Headquarters, Chicago, IL. Address label: Diane Thatcher, Nevil St, Oakland. Article on cover page and continues to inside page: "Tax Exempt Status for the NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund." Inner folio titled "Revolution: From the Doll's House to the White House!" 5th Annual Conference of NOW - Los Angeles, CA - Sept 3-6, 1971; includes Keynote Address to opening session of conference by Aileen C. Hernandez, outgoing President; page 6-12 transcript of conversation from Founders' Reception Sat eve Sept 4, 1971 with Aileen Hernandez, Betty Friedan, Wilma Scott Heide, Dorothy Haener; pages 13-17: "Resolutions of the 1971 Conference"; pages 18-20: Press Conference transcript with Heide and Hernandez and reporter discussing sexuality and lesbianism, Nixon and Spiro Agnew, candidates including Shirley Chisholm, and the role of NOW and the National Women's Political Caucus, Child Care, etc. Large tan section on the 5th Annual NOW Conference "REVOLUTION: From the Doll's House to The White House!" Yellow section "Unclassified Ads".

Concepts:

electoral politics; Women's Liberation Movement; women's issues; Civil Rights Act; Equal Rights Amendment; women's rights; fundraising; tax exemption; lesbian

Places:

Los Angeles, California

Persons:

President Richard M. Nixon; Spiro Agnew; Rep. Charles Wiggins; Wilma Scott Heide; Shirley Chisholm; Diana Thatcher; Betty Friedan; Dorothy Haener; Aileen Hernandez

Organizations:

National Organization for Women; National Women's Political Caucus; Common Cause

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