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SUMMARY:History of the National Organization of Women: 60 Years of Feminis
 t Activism
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LOCATION:710 Main St, Murray, KY 42071, United States
ROOM: Community Room B
DESCRIPTION:Title: The History of the National Organization for Women: 60 
 Years of Feminist OrganizingDate: Sunday 8 March 2026, 2:00 pmLocation: Ca
 lloway County Public Library, Community Room BSeries: Spring 2026 History 
 Lecture SeriesTo celebrate Women’s History Month (March) and the 60th An
 niversary of the founding of the National Organization for Women (June 196
 6), Dr. Christine Lindner explores the founders of the NOW movement, inclu
 ding Betty Friedan and Pauli Murray, and the major issues that NOW sought 
 to address. This will be done by historically contextualizing the founding
  of NOW, its aims and goals within the dynamic environment of 1960s United
  States and international feminism. This presentation will also consider s
 ome of the challenges NOW faced (and continues to face), with particular c
 onsideration on its work for the Equal Rights Amendment. The presentation 
 will also explore the history of NOW in western Kentucky, illuminating the
  local history of feminism in our region as part of the national movement.
 The event is free, but donations of travel size personal hygiene products 
 (body wash/soap, toothpaste, shampoo, conditioner, and deodorant) as well 
 as period products will be collected for distribution through MSU’s Oakl
 ey Student Resource Center and West KY NOW’s Pad the Pantries campaign. 
 All are welcome!Dr. Christine Lindner is an Associate Professor of History
  at Murray State University. She received a B.A. in History from Gordon Co
 llege (USA), an M.A. in Women’s Studies with a concentration on the Midd
 le East from Durham University (UK), and her Ph.D. in Middle East History 
 from the University of Edinburgh (UK). Her research focuses on women and t
 he family in the early Protestant community in Ottoman Syria as well as Am
 erican women’s assertion of feminism through transnational activism in t
 he Middle East. Since moving to Murray she has conducted research on local
  history, including movements for racial and gender justice. She has been 
 a member of the West KY chapter of the National Organization for Women sin
 ce 2017, and currently serves as the chapter president.
URL:https://callowaycounty.librarycalendar.com/event/history-national-orga
 nization-women-60-years-feminist-activism-700
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