Erin Matson
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Erin Matson is an American writer and feminist activist. In June 2009, she was elected Action Vice President for the National Organization for Women
(NOW).
Matson is a native of Minneapolis, Minnesota
. In 2002 she graduated from Georgetown University
with a degree in Women's Studies.
Matson was elected as part of a four-member team called "Feminist Leadership NOW" that took office July 21, 2009. Terry O'Neill
of Maryland is President, Bonnie Grabenhofer of Illinois is executive vice president, Allendra Letsome of Maryland is membership vice president.
Matson was NOW's Prairie States Regional Director before taking national office and served on National NOW's Board of Directors for three years. During this time, she traveled to Iowa to participate in NOW PAC's historic campaign to elect Hillary Clinton president of the United States.
To date, Matson has served as the longest standing member of the National NOW Young Feminist Task Force (2003-2008). She co-authored a resolution that created the 2006 Young Feminist Summit in Albany, N.Y., and also authored and passed a bylaws amendment to incorporate virtual chapters in the organization.
Matson was also the youngest-ever President of a state chapter when she was elected to lead Minnesota NOW in 2004.
Matson has said that her personal experience as an anorexia survivor led her to feminist activism. Recently she has spoken out against Ralph Lauren's extreme digital retouching of model Filippa Hamilton. “Certainly apologies are due to her personally,” Matson told Radar Online. “But what I’m really concerned about here is the message that that this has sent to millions of pre-teens, daughters, mothers, sisters – women around the country and the world."
National Organization for Women
The National Organization for Women is the largest feminist organization in the United States. It was founded in 1966 and has a membership of 500,000 contributing members. The organization consists of 550 chapters in all 50 U.S...
(NOW).
Matson is a native of Minneapolis, Minnesota
Minnesota
Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...
. In 2002 she graduated from Georgetown University
Georgetown University
Georgetown University is a private, Jesuit, research university whose main campus is in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Founded in 1789, it is the oldest Catholic university in the United States...
with a degree in Women's Studies.
Matson was elected as part of a four-member team called "Feminist Leadership NOW" that took office July 21, 2009. Terry O'Neill
Terry O'Neill
Terry O'Neill may refer to:* Terry O'Neill , American attorney, professor and activist for social justice, president of NOW* Terry O'Neill , Australian rules footballer* Terry O'Neill , British martial artist and actor...
of Maryland is President, Bonnie Grabenhofer of Illinois is executive vice president, Allendra Letsome of Maryland is membership vice president.
Matson was NOW's Prairie States Regional Director before taking national office and served on National NOW's Board of Directors for three years. During this time, she traveled to Iowa to participate in NOW PAC's historic campaign to elect Hillary Clinton president of the United States.
To date, Matson has served as the longest standing member of the National NOW Young Feminist Task Force (2003-2008). She co-authored a resolution that created the 2006 Young Feminist Summit in Albany, N.Y., and also authored and passed a bylaws amendment to incorporate virtual chapters in the organization.
Matson was also the youngest-ever President of a state chapter when she was elected to lead Minnesota NOW in 2004.
Matson has said that her personal experience as an anorexia survivor led her to feminist activism. Recently she has spoken out against Ralph Lauren's extreme digital retouching of model Filippa Hamilton. “Certainly apologies are due to her personally,” Matson told Radar Online. “But what I’m really concerned about here is the message that that this has sent to millions of pre-teens, daughters, mothers, sisters – women around the country and the world."