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When women were editors or owners of periodicals, they were in a unique position to engage directly with the public. The women's suffrage journal, the Woman Voter, had a dedicated art editor, Ida Proper. During the last twenty years of the movement, suffragists emphasized the idea of women's suffrage being a benefit to society.
The National Organization for Women ( NOW) is an American feminist organization. Founded in 1966, it is legally a 501 (c) (4) social welfare organization. The organization consists of 550 chapters in all 50 U.S. states and in Washington, D.C. [5] It is the largest feminist organization in the United States with around 500,000 members. [6]
International. Alliance of Pan American Round Tables – founded 1916 to foster women's relationships throughout the Americas. Arab Feminist Union – founded 1945. Associated Country Women of the World – international organization formed in 1933. The Association of Junior League International – Women's development organization founded in 1901.
Oct. 5, 1789, a young woman struck a marching drum and led The Women's March on Versailles, in a revolt against King Louis XVI of France, storming the palace and signaling the French Revolution. In 1947, Chief Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti led the Abeokuta Women's Union in a revolt that resulted in the abdication of the Egba High King Oba Ademola II.
List of female bass guitarists. List of female drummers. List of female electronic musicians. List of female violinists. List of women classical cellists. List of women classical flautists. List of women classical guitarists. List of women classical pianists.
Forever People. Freedom Fighters. Global Guardians. Golden Guardians. Green Lantern Corps. Inferior Five. Infinity Inc. Justice League Unlimited. Justice League of America.
Local clubs at first were mostly reading groups focused on literature, but increasingly became civic improvement organizations of middle-class women meeting in each other's homes weekly. The clubs avoided controversial issues that would divide the membership, especially religion and the prohibition issue.
The Women's Christian Temperance Union was organized on November 18, 1874, in Cleveland, Ohio. [3] It quickly became the largest women's organization in the United States. The women in the movement were inspired by the serious drinking problem in the United States and the disproportionate ills that befell women whose husbands were drunkards.