Betty Friedan's, "Feminine Mystique," signaled the start of the Women's Rights Movement. In the book she argues that women in American society were only expected to be mothers and housewives. She polled 200 women from her alma mater and asked questions about their life as a mother and housewives. Friedan found that the classmates who seemed most happy and fulfilled were those who did not conform to the "role of women" and that those who were most dispirited were traditional housewives. The majority of them said that they were unhappy with just staying home all day and wish they could go out to the work force and do something meaningful with their lives. She argued that personal fulfillment requires pursuits outside the home, usually in the form of a career. Without a career outside the home, housewives lack self-actualization. After these ideas were published, it caused an uproar in the world of women. Women saw that they were not alone in their thoughts of no longer being restrained to only be a housewife. The Feminine Mystique touched a nerve in women across the country and caused a social revolution, after which little was ever the same in the women's movement. Many groups and organizations began to fight for the rights of women. The largest and most structured of the new feminist organizations was the National Organization for Women (NOW), founded in 1966. It sought solutions at the policy level, fighting legal and legislative battles. The National Organization for Women (NOW) is the largest organization of feminists activist in the United States. It was founded on June 30, 1966 in Washington D.C. by 28 women. Today there are more than 550,000 members and 550 chapters. NOWs goal is to take action and bring equality for all women. It has six core issues that it fights and addresses the most: violence against women, lesbian rights, abortion and reproductive health services access, constitutional equality, economic justice and promoting diversity/ending racism. NOWs strategies to address and deal with these issues is done by rallies, lobbying, conferences, registering new voters, recruiting and electing feminists candidates at all levels of government, supporting lawsuits against violators of womens rights, political pressure, and marches. These strategies have clearly made an impact since the organization has had many successful projects. NOW has organized many successful marches that broke records and made huge impacts. In 1978, NOW organized a march for the Equal Rights Amendment that drew more than 100,000 people. For the Marches for Womens Lives, NOW drew in 500,00 people in 1989 and 750,000 people in 1992, which was the largest women's rights demonstration ever. In 1995, more than 250,000 people came to the NOW demonstration that focused on the issue of violence against