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title: Feminist Trailblazer
description: "Fifty years ago, a few dozen women gathered in a basement in Washington, D.C., to make history: they convened the first meeting of the National Organization for Women. Read the full story here to learn about these inspiring feminist trailblazers."
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# [Feminist Trailblazer](https://blog.kohud.kendal.org/feminist-trailblazer)

 Written by [Kendal on Hudson](https://blog.kohud.kendal.org/author/kendal-on-hudson) | Sep 8, 2016 2:57:01 PM

**Fifty years ago,** a few dozen women gathered in a basement in Washington, D.C., to make history: they convened the first meeting of the National Organization for Women. In a photo of that day in 1966, Muriel Fox ’48 is a few seats away from Betty Friedan, NOW’s president, befitting her role as Friedan’s chief lieutenant and the central part she would play in many of the most critical battles of the women’s rights movement.

To read the full article, click [here](http://barnard.edu/magazine/summer-2016/feminist-trailblazer).

[View full post](https://blog.kohud.kendal.org/feminist-trailblazer)

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