From left: Singer/activist Dr. Bernice Johnson Reagon, NOW President Kim Gandy, playwright Eve Ensler, young women's advocate Lateefah Simon, labor leader Dolores Huerta.  Photo by Pam Risdon

NOW President Kim Gandy  Photo by Pam Risdon

NOW Executive Vice President Karen Johnson Photo by Pam Risdon

A supportive crowd joined the festivities at the historic Decatur House in downtown Washington, D.C. Photo by Pam Risdon

Singer/songwriter Bethany Yarrow provided the evening's entertainment.  Photo by Pam Risdon

Maureen Bunyan, the Emmy Award-winning news anchor of Washington's WJLA-TV, emceed the gala.  Photo by Pam Risdon