NOW Legal Defense & Education Fund

The National Organization for Women Legal Defense & Education Fund was established in 1970 as a "public service organization dedicated to achieving equality for women and girls." LDEF has focused its efforts on gaining legal rights for women in educational and employment opportunity, cases of physical abuse and sexual harassment, and in marriage and divorce laws. During the 1970s, it campaigned for passage of the Equal Rights Amendment. NOW LDEF has sponsored the Women's Media Project, the Project on Equal Education Rights (PEER), the National Judicial Education Program to Promote Equality for Women and Men in the Courts, the Women's Economic Rights Project, and the Family Law Project.

From the description of [Videotape collection: reels 1-48] [videorecording]. 1984-1990. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122357596

From the description of [Videotape collection: reels 25-48] [videorecording]. 1984-1990. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122566124

The National Organization for Women Legal Defense and Education Fund was established in 1970 as "a public service organization dedicated to achieving equality for women and girls." LDEF has focused its efforts on gaining legal rights for women in educational and employment opportunity, cases of physical abuse and sexual harassment, and in marriage and divorce laws. During the 1970s, it campaigned for passage of the Equal Rights Amendment.

From the description of Records, 1970-1998 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122471382

NOW LDEF was established in 1970 as "a public service organization dedicated to achieving equality for women and girls." It functions as the education and litigation arm of the National Organization for Women, providing legal assistance to women and educating the public on gender discrimination and other equal rights issues. Its purpose is to combat, by legal action and educational and community-based projects, discrimination based on race, sex, religion, or national origin. NOW LDEF has sponsored the Women's Media Project, the Project on Equal Education Rights (PEER), the National Judicial Education Program to Promote Equality for Women and Men in the Courts, the Women's Economic Rights Project, and the Family Law Project.

From the guide to the [Videotape collection] [videorecording], 1984-1990, (Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute)