Category:Concerned Women for America: Difference between revisions

'''Concerned Women for America''' ('''CWA''') is a [[Wikipedia:Social conservatism in the United States|socially conservative]]<ref name=":21">{{Cite book|title=Born Again: The Christian Right Globalized|last=Butler|first=Jennifer S.|publisher=Pluto Press|year=2006|isbn=|location=New York|pages=39, 46, 120–1|quote=|via=ProQuest eBrary}}</ref> [[Wikipedia:Christian conservatism|Christian]] [[Wikipedia:Nonprofit organization|non-profit]] women's activist group in the [[Wikipedia:United States|United States]]. Headquartered in [[Wikipedia:Washington, D.C.|Washington D.C.]],<ref name=":4">{{Cite journal|last=Barnes|first=Rebecca|year=209|title=Concerned Women for America|journal=Encyclopedia of Gender and Society|volume=1|pages=157–8|via=SAGE Knowledge}}</ref> the CWA is involved in social and political movements, through which it aims to incorporate [[Wikipedia:Christian|Christian]] ideology.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://concernedwomen.org/about/|title=About Us {{!}} Concerned Women for America|website=concernedwomen.org|accessdate=2016-12-06}}</ref> The group is primarily led by women for women,<ref name=":2" /> but it welcomes men who support its beliefs and efforts.<ref name=":4" />

The group was founded in [[Wikipedia:San Diego, California|San Diego, California]] in 1979 by [[Wikipedia:Beverly LaHaye|Beverly LaHaye]], whose husband [[Wikipedia:Timothy LaHaye|Timothy LaHaye]] was an [[Wikipedia:evangelical Christian]] minister and author of ''Battle for the Mind'', as well as coauthor of the ''[[Wikipedia:Left Behind|Left Behind]]'' series.<ref name=":6">{{Cite web|url=http://academic.eb.com/levels/collegiate/article/610057|title=Concerned Women for America|last=Carper|first=James C.|date=|year=2010|website=Encyclopædia Britannica Online|publisher=SAGE Publications|accessdate=|via=Encyclopedia of Educational Reform and Dissent}}</ref><ref name="ronnee">Ronnee Schreiber, 'Pro-Women, Pro-Palin, Antifeminist: Conservative Women and Conservative Movement Politics', in ''Crisis of Conservatism? The Republican Party, the Conservative Movement, & American Politics After Bush'', Gillian Peele, Joel D. Aberbach (eds.), Oxford: [[Wikipedia:Oxford University Press|Oxford University Press]], {{ISBN|978-0-19-976402-0}}, 2011, p. 133</ref> Recognized as a [[Wikipedia:501(c) organization|501(c)(3)]] public policy women’s organization, the CWA aims to develop more "responsible citizens" through the promotion of Christian ideologies within society and politics.<ref name=":0" />

The CWA identifies itself as an amalgam of "policy experts and...activists[s]" whose [[Wikipedia:Antifeminism|anti-feminist]] approach to politics<ref name=":2">{{Cite book|title=Righting Feminism: Conservative Women & American Politics|last=Schreiber|first=Ronnee|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2008|isbn=|location=New York, New York|pages=31, 38, 49, 50, 54, 57–60, 81–4|quote=|via=}}</ref> bolsters its mission to "protect and promote Biblical values among all citizens."<ref name=":0" />