▁W . ▁N orton . ▁In ▁an ▁interview , ▁Fried an ▁specifically ▁notes , ▁" There ▁was ▁no ▁activ ism ▁in ▁that ▁cause ▁when ▁I ▁wrote ▁Fem in ine ▁Myst ique . ▁But ▁I ▁realized ▁that ▁it ▁was ▁not ▁enough ▁just ▁to ▁write ▁a ▁book . ▁There ▁had ▁to ▁be ▁social ▁change . ▁And ▁I ▁remember ▁somewhere ▁in ▁that ▁period ▁coming ▁off ▁an ▁air plane ▁[ and ] ▁some ▁gu y ▁was ▁carrying ▁a ▁sign ... ▁It ▁said , ▁" The ▁first ▁step ▁in ▁revolution ▁is ▁conscious ness ." ▁Well , ▁I ▁did ▁the ▁conscious ness ▁with ▁The ▁Fem in ine ▁Myst ique . ▁But ▁then ▁there ▁had ▁to ▁be ▁organization ▁and ▁there ▁had ▁to ▁be ▁a ▁movement . ▁And ▁I ▁helped ▁organ ize ▁N OW , ▁the ▁National ▁Organ ization ▁for ▁Women ▁and ▁the ▁National ▁Women ' s ▁Political ▁C au cus ▁and ▁N AR AL , ▁the ▁abort ion ▁rights ▁[ organ ization ] ▁in ▁the ▁next ▁few ▁years ." ▁ ▁Found ing ▁ ▁The ▁National ▁Organ ization ▁for ▁Women ▁( NO W ) ▁was ▁founded ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 6 ▁by ▁ 2 8 ▁women ▁at ▁the ▁Third ▁National ▁Conference ▁of ▁Comm issions ▁on ▁the ▁Status ▁of ▁Women ▁in ▁June ▁( the ▁successor ▁to ▁the ▁President ial ▁Commission ▁on ▁the ▁Status ▁of ▁Women ), ▁and ▁another ▁ 2 1 ▁women ▁and ▁men ▁who ▁became ▁found ers ▁at ▁the ▁October ▁ 1 9 6 6 ▁N OW ▁Organ izing ▁Conference , ▁for ▁a ▁total ▁of ▁ 4 9 ▁found ers