During the 1970s, the first main purpose of the National Organization for Women (NOW) was to take action to bring women into full participation in the mainstream of American society during that time. The second goal of NOW during the 70s was to bring women to exercise all the privileges and responsibilities they were entitled to, to create a truly equal partnership with men.
The strategy of "containment" is best known as a Cold War foreign policy of the United States and its allies to prevent the spread of communism after the end of World War II.
