Does NOW Represent Young Women? Three Women of Diverse Views Discuss the Issue

Does the National Organization for Women represent young women? At its annual conference this weekend on the theme of "The Drive Towards Equality," NOW struggled to win the loyalties of many women in their 20s and 30s.

A diverse panel of young women discussed NOW, mainstream feminism, and gender issues. Panelists included Jenna Brooke O’Neil, M.A., an instructor in U.S. History and U.S. Women’s History at Santa Rosa Jr. College, attorney and writer Rachel Alexander, the Editor of the Intellectual Conservative, and Amber Mundar, an account administrator in Scottsdale, Arizona.  O'Neil, Alexander, and Mundar discussed NOW's conference and many of its key political positions, answered the question "as a woman, are you oppressed?", and outlined their own ideas for what the agenda of a major women's organization should be.

To read some of Glenn's work on feminism, NOW, and gender issues, see "Valentine's Day &  the Gender Wars" (Newsday, 2/12/03), "California NOW's Family Court Report 2002: Faulty Research, False Conclusions" (Los Angeles Daily Journal &San Francisco Daily Journal, 7/11/02), "Why Males Don't Go to College" (She Thinks, 11/13/02), "California Men's College Sports Under Assault from NOW" (Los Angeles Daily Journal &San Francisco Daily Journal, 10/29/01) and "30 Years After Roe v. Wade, How About Choice for Men?" (Mail &Guardian, 1/27/03).