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Co-sponsored by over 299 organizations, the Feminist Majority
Foundation's first National
Feminist Exposition draws 3,000 participants from
every sector of the feminist movement to Washington, D.C.
in a blizzard for a three-day event that displayed the
strength and diversity of the feminist movement and envisioned
a feminist future for the 21st century. The Exhibit Hall
(entrance left) features 100 exhibitors and four super-booths:
Organizing for Women Online - Worldwide, Winning Equality
for Women & Girls in Sport, Feminist Career Center, National
Voter Registration Center, and Designing for Equality: Visualizing
a Feminist Future. |
Helen Reddy sings "I Am Woman" at Expo '96 Opening
Session.
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The almost 300 Expo '96 speakers included: Senator
Carol Moseley-Braun, Gloria Steinem, Prema Mathai-Davis
of the YWCA, former Congresswoman Bella Abzug, Marcia
Ann Gillespie of Ms. Magazine, Dolores Huerta
of the United Farm Workers, Patricia Ireland of the
National Organization for Women, Robin Morgan of the
Sisterhood is Global Institute, mystery
authors Sandra Scoppettone, Annette Meyers,
Joan Hess, Marilyn Wallace, Carolyn Heilbrun
(aka Amanda Cross), and Marylouise Oates, and many
others. |
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Building on Expo '96, Feminist Majority Foundation Online incorporates
new sections: Feminist
Budget Center, Voter Registration
Center, and Affirmative Action
Center.
Feminist Majority Foundation coordinates testimony from
women's organizations and health associations for Food and Drug
Administration advisory committee hearing on the safety and
efficacy of mifepristone (formerly
known as RU 486). The Advisory Committee recommends approval
of mifepristone. Two months later the FDA rates mifepristone
"approvable," which is the next step in the approval process.
FMF President Eleanor Smeal speaks with other PEP leaders:
Gloria Steinem of Voters for Choice, Kate Michelman of the
National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League (NARAL)
and Marie Wilson of the Ms. Foundation |
The Feminist Majority Foundation joins other pro-choice
organizations in forming the Pro-Choice Public Education
Project (PEP) to increase pro-choice public awareness
on the abortion issue.
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Bruce Springsteen singing with Dolores Huerta, Jesse Jackson
and Eleanor Smeal at Stop Prop 209 Rally |
The Campaign holds Los Angeles rally featuring Bruce
Springsteen, Ani DiFranco, and Jesse Jackson.
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A redesigned and expanded Feminist
Online Store opens on Feminist Majority Foundation Online
in time for the holiday season.
The National Clinic Defense
Project, led by Project Director Alice Cohan and Senior
Organizer Susie Gilligan, defends clinics in San Diego, CA
and Chicago, IL during the Republican and Democratic conventions,
respectively.
| Feminist Majority Foundation Online Homepage is redesigned.
Feminist Majority Foundation Online, with its new look,
wins plethora of awards
for site content, design and interactivity, including Net
Guide's Platinum Award, PC Magazine's Top 100 for July, and
the Access.Point Non-Profits Online Gold Award for Best Non-Profit
Web Site.
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