Feminist Majority Foundation

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Feminist Majority Foundation
HeadquartersArlington County, Virginia, U.S.
President
Eleanor Smeal
Chair of the Board
Peg Yorkin
Executive Director
Katherine Spillar
SubsidiariesMs. magazine
Websitefeminist.org

The Feminist Majority Foundation (FMF) is an American

public opinion poll in which 56 percent of American women self-identified as feminists. President and one of the founders, Eleanor Smeal
, chose the name to reflect the results of the poll, implying that the majority of women are feminists.

History and structure

The FMF—an

Los Angeles, California. Its chair is Peg Yorkin.[2]

FMF became the publisher of

women's magazine owned and produced by women that publishes articles on the conditions of women in the United States and abroad.[4]

The FMF has several campaigns and programs that deal with

Reproductive Rights
domestically and abroad, including:

History

During 1989-92, the FMF conducted the Feminization of Power campaign,

public office, resulting in doubling women's representation in the United States Congress in 1992 (the Year of the Woman). In 1992, FMF helped to secure support for the Iowa Equal Rights Amendment
and, in 1996, it helped to counter an anti-(reverse)discrimination ballot measure in California.

In 2004, the Feminist Majority was one of five principal organizers of the "

Arlington, Virginia, with speakers such as Dolores Huerta (President, Dolores Huerta Foundation/Co-Founder United Farm Workers/Recipient of Presidential Medal of Freedom), Morgane Richardson (Founder of Refuse The Silence), Monica Simpson (Executive Director, Sister Song), Ivanna Gonzalez (Who Needs Feminism?).[10]

Despite its declared support of non-violence, the FMF endorsed the war in Afghanistan with the justification that it would help to protect and liberate Afghan women,[11] a position which has been criticized by American politician Tom Hayden in 2011.[12]

Legislative initiatives

The Feminist Majority has also been a leader in legislative victories for women including

CEDAW, the Convention to End all forms of Discrimination Against Women) and the International Criminal Court
.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Mission and principles". feminist.org. Feminist Majority Foundation.
  2. ^ "Peg Yorkin (profile)". feminist.org. Feminist Majority Foundation.
  3. ^ Farmer, Rebecca (November 12, 2001). "Ms. Magazine and Feminist Majority Foundation Join Forces". National NOW Times. National Organization for Women. Archived from the original on June 4, 2013. Retrieved September 22, 2016.
  4. ^ Smeal, Eleanor; Steinem, Gloria (Spring 2002). "Dear Reader". Ms.: 1. Archived from the original on 2016-10-18. Retrieved 2016-09-22.
  5. ^ Mann, Judy (July 9, 1999). "The Grinding Terror of the Taliban". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on September 23, 2016. Retrieved July 6, 2017.
  6. ^ Neely, Kim (March 1993). "The fight for the right to choose". Rolling Stone. Vol. 652, no. 22.
  7. ^ Leyva, Ric (October 14, 1987). "Former Now President Kicks Off". Associated Press. Retrieved March 11, 2014.
  8. ^ Clock, Michele; Wilgoren, Debbi; Woodlee, Yolanda (April 25, 2004). "Abortion Rights Advocates Flood D.C". The Washington Post.
  9. ^ Adler, Jonathan (April 22, 2014). "Supreme Court upholds Michigan civil rights initiative". The Washington Post.
  10. ^ "National Young Feminist Leadership Conference (2013 NYFLC)". feministcampus.org. Feminist Majority Foundation. Archived from the original on 2014-09-23. Retrieved 2014-03-11.
  11. ISBN 9780932863676
    .
  12. The Huffington Post
    . Retrieved 16 May 2016.
  13. ^ "Speakers". now.org. National Organization for Women. 2015. Archived from the original on 2014-02-26.

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