IV 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 475 
To congratulate the National Organization of Women on its 40th anniversary. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 14, 2006 
Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas submitted the following concurrent resolution; 
which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
To congratulate the National Organization of Women on 
its 40th anniversary. 
Whereas the National Organization of Women (in this resolu-
tion referred to as ‘‘NOW’’) is committed to the advance-
ment of equality and women’s rights; 
Whereas NOW continues the legacy of the foremothers of the 
women’s movement, who include Alice Paul, Sojourner 
Truth, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, and 
Harriet Tubman; 
Whereas NOW was founded on June 30, 1966 in Wash-
ington, District of Columbia, by women attending the 
Third National Conference of the Commission on the 
Status of Women; 
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Whereas Betty Freidan, author of ‘‘The Feminine Mystique’’, 
was one of the original 28 founders and its first Presi-
dent; 
Whereas the late Reverend Pauli Murray, the first African- 
American female Episcopal priest, contributed to NOW’s 
original Statement of Purpose, which begins: ‘‘The pur-
pose of NOW is to take action to bring women into full 
participation in the mainstream of American society now, 
exercising all privileges and responsibilities thereof in 
truly equal partnership with men.’’; 
Whereas NOW pursues the realization of the universal values 
of equality, opportunity, justice, respect, empowerment, 
freedom; 
Whereas these goals will be achieved through legal, political, 
social and economic change; 
Whereas NOW is committed to fighting all oppression, under-
standing that sexism, racism, and homophobia are inter-
connected; 
Whereas NOW struggles to eliminate discrimination and har-
assment in the workplace, schools, the justice system, and 
all other sectors of society and to end all forms of vio-
lence against women; 
Whereas NOW has been involved in landmark occasions in 
women’s history, including President Lyndon B. John-
son’s Executive Order 11375 in 1967, which extended 
discrimination to include gender, and the 1973 Supreme 
Court decision on Roe v. Wade, establishing a woman’s 
right to safe and legal abortion; and 
Whereas NOW celebrates its 40th anniversary with 550,000 
supporting members, and with more than 500 local and 
campus affiliates in all 50 States and the District of Co-
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lumbia, dedicated to equality and justice: Now, therefore, 
be it 
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), That Congress congratulates the National 
Organization of Women on its 40th anniversary and hon-
ors the contributions it has made to the pursuit of equality 
and justice for all. 
Æ 
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