Category:Concerned Women for America

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Concerned Women for America
Jurisdiction us-dc
95-3580834
Website concernedwomen.org
Concerned Women For America Legislative Action Committee
Jurisdiction us-dc
95-3370744

Concerned Women for America (CWA) is a socially conservative[1] Christian non-profit women's activist group in the United States. Headquartered in Washington D.C.,[2] the CWA is involved in social and political movements, through which it aims to incorporate Christian ideology.[3] The group is primarily led by women for women,[4] but it welcomes men who support its beliefs and efforts.[2]

The group was founded in San Diego, California in 1979 by Beverly LaHaye, whose husband Timothy LaHaye was an Wikipedia:evangelical Christian minister and author of Battle for the Mind, as well as coauthor of the Left Behind series.[5][6] Recognized as a 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.[3]

The CWA identifies itself as an amalgam of "policy experts and...activists[s]" whose anti-feminist approach to politics[4] bolsters its mission to "protect and promote Biblical values among all citizens."[3]

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Notes

  1. Butler, Jennifer S. (2006). Born Again: The Christian Right Globalized. New York: Pluto Press. pp. 39, 46, 120–1.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Template:Cite journal
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 "About Us | Concerned Women for America". http://concernedwomen.org/about/. Retrieved 2016-12-06.
  4. 4.0 4.1 Schreiber, Ronnee (2008). Righting Feminism: Conservative Women & American Politics. New York, New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 31, 38, 49, 50, 54, 57–60, 81–4.
  5. Carper, James C. (2010). "Concerned Women for America". SAGE Publications. http://academic.eb.com/levels/collegiate/article/610057.
  6. 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: Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0-19-976402-0, 2011, p. 133

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