Welcome to the official website of the Montgomery County Chapter
of the National Organization for Women (MCNOW)!
Because of our close proximity to Washington, DC, MCNOW
is able to be involved at the national, state, and local levels of NOW.
We are committed to advancing NOW's six core issues at each of these levels.
“Abortion is health care. Abortion is freedom. Abortion is bodily autonomy. A country without this human right is not a free country.”
— H.R. Bellicosa, The Punishings, a novel about a world without abortion
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AbortionFinder.org
BaltimoreAbortionFund.org
DC Abortion Fund.org
HollerHealth Justice.org
Montgomery County Abortion Care Providers
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Washington Area Clinic Defense Task Force
Train to become a clinic escort
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Calling all members of NOW!
You are a member of the National Organization for Women because you believe in and stand up for: reproductive rights, economic justice, ending violence against women, racial justice, LGBTQIA rights, and constitutional equality for women. We ask you now to take the next step by actively participating in the Montgomery County Chapter. Consider one of these ways to get involved:
MCNOW Representative to Maryland State Council: Involves monthly meeting in Hyattsville
MCNOW Representative to coalition groups (as needed), such as:
Do The Most Good – Montgomery County
Women’s Legislative Briefing (annual meeting is the last Sunday in January, monthly meetings September-January)
Montgomery County Human Trafficking Task Force
Montgomery County Women’s Commission
Volunteer Coordinator: Help activate those wishing to get involved
Membership Committee Chair and members:
Maintain and update member lists
Mail postcards to new, inactive, and renewing members
Member recruitment
MCNOW PAC: Help during election cycles
Community Liaison: Answer general inquiries that come to us via email, forward inquiries to someone in leadership as needed
Program Committee Chair and members: Planning, ideas and logistics
Legislative Testimony: Testify on issues in Annapolis and/or County Council
Interested? Head over to our Get Involved page!
Sister Organization: Maryland NOW
Sister Organization: National NOW
August 26th is the anniversary of women in the United States winning the constitutional right to vote in 1920. In 1973, Congress recognized this important historic date by declaring it as Women’s Equality Day.
The National Women’s History Alliance is working with partners (like MCNOW) in a campaign to advocate for even greater acknowledgement of the significance of Women’s Equality Day and the observance of it as a national day of celebration, in order to build momentum and bipartisan support for making it the next federal holiday. What you can do to help:
Sign our petition to demand that Women’s Equality Day (August 26th) be recognized as a National Day of Celebration.
Send a resolution to your state legislature or city council, or a proclamation to your governor or mayor.
Share our petition to your contacts.
Use the #DemandADayForWomen hashtag when talking about the campaign on social media!
Email NWHA for more information about this petition.
Sign the petition at bit.ly/htubman20
Americans have waited five years for the federal government to fulfill President Obama’s promise to
grace the front of the new $20 bill with a likeness of African American abolitionist and political activist
Harriet Tubman, a brave and resilient daughter of Maryland. The Montgomery County Democratic Party
is launching a nationwide petition to President Joe Biden to immediately take concrete steps to make this
promise a reality.
Updated April 20, 2024