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1997 NOW Press Releases
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  • December 17: Retired Lt. Colonel and NOW Leader Criticizes Pentagon Panel's Recommendations on Segregated Training

    December 15: NOW Congratulates Bill Lann Lee, Calls for Honesty in Affirmative Action Debate, Vows to Continue the Fight for Affirmative Action

    December 3: NOW Appreciates AAP Recommendations on Breast Feeding, Calls on Business and Society to Support Findings


    November 18: Statement of NOW President Patricia Ireland on Proposed Smith Barney Settlement

    November 17: NOW President to Monitor Smith Barney Settlement Hearing

    November 12: NOW Mobilizes Support for Bill Lann Lee

    November 10: After 10-Year Campaign: NOW Calls For Sex-based Hate Crimes to Be Recognized in Amendments to Legislation

    November 3: Despite High Court's Ruling, NOW Warns Affirmative Action Not an Effective Wedge Issue


    October 2: "Promise Us Equality!" is Women's Leaders Challenge to Promise Keepers


    September 30: Statement of New NOW Action Vice President Elizabeth Toledo on One-Year Anniversary of Domestic Violence Offender Gun Ban

    September 23: NOW Celebrates Another Victory in Landmark NOW v. Scheidler RICO Lawsuit


    August 27: NOW Calls on Mitsubishi to Settle Sex Discrimination Suits

    August 27: NOW President Patricia Ireland to Join the Save the Dream March Tomorrow

    August 22: To Mark Women's Equality Day: Feminists Launch National "No Surrender" Campaign to Counter Upcoming Promise Keepers' March

    August 12: Women's Equality Day Actions Cap NOW's Summer Women-Friendly Workplace Campaign

    August 6: As NASD Meets Tomorrow: NOW Calls on Wall Street to Eliminate Policy That "Guts Civil Rights Laws"


    July 31: Military's Message to Women: "Don't Ask Us to Punish Sexual Offenders and We Won't Tell Tales about Your Personal Life"

    July 6: National NOW Conference Delegates Set Plans to Turn "Dreams" into Hard-Nosed Strategies

    July 5: NOW Elects National Leaders to Take Organization into the 21st Century


    June 30: Feminist Leaders, Harassment Plaintiffs Kick Off NOW National Conference in Memphis

    June 23: Feminists Flex Strength in the New South

    June 18: Key-3 Feminists to Lead Protests at G-8 Summit

    June 12: NOW, Other National Groups Join to Expose Promise Keepers' Hidden Agenda

    June 11: Feminist Fireworks on the 4th Promised at National NOW Conference in Memphis

    June 5: NOW President Patricia Ireland to Bob Bennett, Mr. Clinton: Lead By Example, End Attacks on Jones

    June 2: As Jones v. Clinton Heats Up, NOW Renews Call for End to "Nuts and Sluts" Strategy in Sexual Harassment Cases


    May 27: NOW President Patricia Ireland's Statement on Clinton v. Jones Supreme Court Decision

    May 22: Lt. Flinn "Tail-Hooked" by Air Force

    May 21: Mitsubishi Crowned Merchant of Shame; Nationwide NOW Protests Resume

    May 14: NOW Leaders Denounce Daschle Abortion Bill, Which Does Not Protect Women's Lives or Health

    May 12: NOW Set to Name New "Merchant of Shame" As It Protests Corporate Giants from Wall Street to Main Street


    April 29: Despite Aberdeen Verdict: Military Is Accessory to Abuses until Outside Investigating Process Is Implemented

    April 29: NOW Backs Bill to Clarify Waivers for Battered Women

    April 28: Sen. Moseley-Braun, Rep. McKinney to Meet Activists in Memphis July 4-6 for National NOW Conference

    April 3: NOW President to Speak at Critical "Women Fund" Fund-raisers


    March 31: Young Feminists Nationwide Heed Call for Action at NOW Foundation's Young Feminist Summit, April 11-13

    March 21: Women's Victories in Politics, On the Links, On Stage Focus of NOW's Palm Springs Party with a Purpose

    March 21: NOW Chapters Refuse to Yield to Corporate Pressure, Plan Day of Pickets at Smith Barney Branches in Key Cities

    March 21: Nationwide Campus Organizing Underway for NOW Foundation Young Feminist Summit, April 11-13

    March 12: NOW Targets Smith Barney as First "Merchant of Shame;" Calls All Employers to Take Women-Friendly Workplace Pledge

    March 11: NOW to Name First "Merchant of Shame" and Launch Massive Women-Friendly Workplace Campaign


    February 26: NOW Leaders Fight to Keep Guns Away from Batterers

    February 14: At Valentine's Day Protest: NOW President Calls for Community Support of Long-term, Lesbian and Gay Relationships

    February 12 NOW Maintains Watchdog Posture Toward Mitsubishi's Martin Report

    February 10 NOW to Stage Valentine's Day Protests in Support of Same-Sex Marriage

    February 3: NOW V.P. Who is Retired Lieutenant Colonel to Attend Armed Services Hearing on Harassment


    January 22: NOW Leaders Call for Same Response to Clinic Bombins as Government Gave to Church Burnings

    January 15: NOW Announces Shift From Pickets to Partnership in Mitsubishi Sex, Race Discrimination Case

    January 10: Statement of NOW President Patricia Ireland: NOW to Cast a Keen Eye on Monday's Clinton V. Jones Case

    January 7: NOW Leader Says Supreme Court Arguments Today Hold No Sure Win for Women's Rights

    January 6: NOW Leaders Say Lanier Case Shows Need for Women's Constitutional Equality

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