Molly Yard

Molly Yard (born 1912) is a Chinese-born U.S. administrator and feminist, serving as National Organization for Women President from 1987 to 1991. She served as an assistant to Eleanor Roosevelt, connecting second wave feminism with first. She was awarded the lifetime achievement award by the Feminist Majority Foundation for "tireless work for women's rights, for women and girls in sports, for the Equal Rights Amendment for Women, for civil rights for all Americans, for her championing of the trade union movement, and her devotion to world peace and non-violence."

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