NOW Salutes Presidential Citizens Medal Winner Eleanor Smeal

Released on January 7, 2025

On January 2, President Biden honored former NOW President Eleanor Smeal with the Presidential Citizens Medal–the nation’s second highest civilian honors—for “defining the movement for women’s rights.” The official proclamation reads: “From leading massive protests and galvanizing women’s votes in the 1970s to steering progress for equal pay and helping the Violence Against Women Act Read more …

January Is National Slavery and Human Trafficking Awareness Month

Released on January 7, 2025

Every year since 2010, the President has dedicated the month of January to raise awareness about human trafficking and to educate the public about how to identify and prevent this crime.  NOW members know that we cannot step away from the bipartisan commitment to protect and empower survivors of all forms of human trafficking; to Read more …

NOW Celebrates Signing of Bipartisan Shirley Chisholm Congressional Gold Medal Act

Released on December 11, 2024

“I am not the candidate of black America, although I am black and proud.  I am not the candidate of the women’s movement of this country, although I am a woman and I am equally proud of that.  I am the candidate of the people of America, and my presence before you now symbolizes a new era in American political history.”