Women's Action Alliance
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The Women's Action Alliance was a U.S. feminist organization founded in the early 1970s that focused on advancing women's rights through grassroots organizing, education, and policy advocacy.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Women's Action Alliance canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6999383 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Women's Action Alliance Context triple: [Gloria Steinem, coFounderOf, Women's Action Alliance]
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A.
ANC Women’s League
The ANC Women’s League is the women’s wing of South Africa’s African National Congress, historically central to the anti-apartheid struggle and the advancement of women’s rights in the country.
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B.
Equality League of Self-Supporting Women
The Equality League of Self-Supporting Women was a New York–based suffrage organization that mobilized wage-earning and working-class women into the fight for women’s voting rights in the early 20th century.
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C.
Division for the Advancement of Women
The Division for the Advancement of Women was a United Nations body dedicated to promoting women’s rights and gender equality worldwide through policy development, research, and support to intergovernmental processes.
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D.
National Council of Women
The National Council of Women was the official mass women’s organization in communist Romania, aligned with and controlled by the Romanian Communist Party to promote state policies on gender, labor, and social life.
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E.
National Federation of Democratic Women
The National Federation of Democratic Women is the official national organization that promotes and supports the participation, leadership, and policy priorities of women within the U.S. Democratic Party.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Women's Action Alliance Target entity description: The Women's Action Alliance was a U.S. feminist organization founded in the early 1970s that focused on advancing women's rights through grassroots organizing, education, and policy advocacy.
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A.
ANC Women’s League
The ANC Women’s League is the women’s wing of South Africa’s African National Congress, historically central to the anti-apartheid struggle and the advancement of women’s rights in the country.
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B.
Equality League of Self-Supporting Women
The Equality League of Self-Supporting Women was a New York–based suffrage organization that mobilized wage-earning and working-class women into the fight for women’s voting rights in the early 20th century.
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C.
Division for the Advancement of Women
The Division for the Advancement of Women was a United Nations body dedicated to promoting women’s rights and gender equality worldwide through policy development, research, and support to intergovernmental processes.
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D.
National Council of Women
The National Council of Women was the official mass women’s organization in communist Romania, aligned with and controlled by the Romanian Communist Party to promote state policies on gender, labor, and social life.
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E.
National Federation of Democratic Women
The National Federation of Democratic Women is the official national organization that promotes and supports the participation, leadership, and policy priorities of women within the U.S. Democratic Party.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | feminist organization ⓘ |
| archivesAt |
Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute
ⓘ
linked to:
Schlesinger Library
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| basedIn |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| collaboratedWith |
Ms. magazine
ⓘ
linked to:
Ms. Magazine
|
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| describedAs | U.S. feminist organization founded in the early 1970s that focused on advancing women's rights through grassroots organizing, education, and policy advocacy ⓘ |
| dissolved | 1997 ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
education
ⓘ
gender equality ⓘ grassroots organizing ⓘ public policy advocacy ⓘ women's rights ⓘ |
| focus |
child care
ⓘ
education equity ⓘ employment discrimination ⓘ media representation of women ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Brenda Feigen
ⓘ
Dorothy Pitman Hughes ⓘ Gloria Steinem ⓘ |
| hasGenderFocus | women ⓘ |
| hasHeadquartersIn | New York City ⓘ |
| hasOrganizationalForm | membership organization ⓘ |
| hasPurpose |
advancement of women's rights
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elimination of sex discrimination ⓘ promotion of equal opportunity for women and girls ⓘ |
| ideology | feminism ⓘ |
| inception | 1971 ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity | New York ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Eastern Time Zone ⓘ |
| locationCountry |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| mainActivity |
advocacy for women's rights legislation
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coordination of a national network of women's organizations ⓘ developing educational materials on gender equality ⓘ policy research on women's issues ⓘ providing technical assistance to women's groups ⓘ |
| movement | second-wave feminism ⓘ |
| nonprofitStatus | nonprofit ⓘ |
| notableWork |
child care advocacy projects
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employment equity initiatives ⓘ nonsexist education resources ⓘ |
| operatedIn |
1970s
ⓘ
1980s ⓘ 1990s ⓘ |
| scope | national ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: Women's Action Alliance Description of subject: The Women's Action Alliance was a U.S. feminist organization founded in the early 1970s that focused on advancing women's rights through grassroots organizing, education, and policy advocacy.
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