{"product_id":"the-women-of-now-how-feminists-built-an-organization-that-transformed-america-9781250338372","title":"The Women of Now: How Feminists Built an Organization That Transformed America","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A clear blueprint for change . . . A must-read.\" --Clara Bingham, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe history of NOW--its organization, trials, and revolutionary mission--told through the work of three members. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the summer of 1966, crammed into a D.C. hotel suite, twenty-eight women devised a revolutionary plan. Betty Friedan, the well-known author of \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eFeminine\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eMystique\u003c\/i\u003e, and Pauli Murray, a lawyer at the front lines of the civil rights movement, had called this renegade meeting from attendees at the annual conference of state women's commissions. Fed up with waiting for government action and trying to work with a broken system, they laid out a vision for an organization to unite all women and fight for their rights. Alternately skeptical and energized, they debated the idea late into the night. In less than twenty-four hours, the National Organization for Women was born. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Women of NOW\u003c\/i\u003e, the historian Katherine Turk chronicles the growth and enduring influence of this foundational group through three lesser-known members who became leaders: Aileen Hernandez, a federal official of Jamaican American heritage; Mary Jean Collins, a working-class union organizer and Chicago Catholic; and Patricia Hill Burnett, a Michigan Republican, artist, and former beauty queen. From its bold inception through the tumultuous training ground of the 1970s, NOW's feminism flooded the nation, permanently shifted American culture and politics, and clashed with conservative forces, presaging our fractured national landscape. These women built an organization that was radical in its time but flexible and expansive enough to become a mainstream fixture. This is the story of how they built it--and built it to last. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eIncludes 16 pages of black-and-white images\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/25\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250338372\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 464\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.25h x 5.38w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2024\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Katherine Turk","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44087237083317,"sku":"9781250338372","price":18.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_f548fa27-b71e-460a-9b49-93974eab244b.jpg?v=1714456427","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-women-of-now-how-feminists-built-an-organization-that-transformed-america-9781250338372","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}