Kim Gandy

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{{short description|American feminist (born 1954)}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Kim Gandy
| image = Kim Gandy.jpg
| caption = Gandy in 2001
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1954|1|25}}
| birth_place = [[Bossier City, Louisiana|Bossier City]], [[Bossier Parish, Louisiana|Bossier Parish]]<br /> [[Louisiana]], USA
| death_date =
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| alma_mater = [[Louisiana Tech University]]<br />
[[Loyola University New Orleans School of Law]]
| occupation = [[Lawyer|Attorney]]<br />
Feminist political activist
| years active =
| spouse = Christopher "Kip" Lornell
| children = Two daughters
| parents = Alfred Kenneth and Roma R. Gandy
| footnotes =
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'''Kim Gandy''' (born January 25, 1954) is an [[Americans|American]] [[feminism|feminist]] who, from 2001 to 2009, was the president of the [[National Organization for Women]]. Since 2012, she has been the president and CEO of the National Network to End Domestic Violence.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nnedv.org |title = Home Page - NNEDV}}</ref> In 2009, Gandy was a resident fellow at the Institute of Politics at the [[John F. Kennedy School of Government]] at [[Harvard University]] in [[Cambridge, Massachusetts|Cambridge]], [[Massachusetts]]. From January 2010 to October 2012, she was vice president and general counsel at the [[Feminist Majority Foundation]] in [[Arlington, Virginia|Arlington]], [[Virginia (U.S. state)|Virginia]].

==Life and career==
Kim Gandy graduated from [[Louisiana Tech University]] in [[Ruston, Louisiana|Ruston]], the seat of [[Lincoln Parish, Louisiana|Lincoln Parish]], where she earned a [[Bachelor of Science]] degree in [[mathematics]].

Having taken a job with [[American Telephone and Telegraph]], Gandy became outraged that the firm required her husband's permission for [[employee benefits]]. In 1973, she joined Louisiana NOW and devoted the next several years to the campaign that overturned the state's [[Head and Master law]], which gave husbands unilateral control over all property jointly owned by a married couple. Inspired by her activism in NOW, she studied at [[Loyola University New Orleans School of Law]] where she was a member of the ''Loyola Law Review'' and the National Moot Court Team. She graduated from Loyola in 1978.

Gandy served as a senior assistant [[district attorney]] in [[New Orleans]] and later opened a private trial practice, litigating cases seeking fair treatment for women. She served as president of Louisiana NOW from 1979 through 1981, national secretary of NOW from 1987 to 1991, and executive vice president of NOW from 1991 to 2001. She was elected national NOW president in 2001 and re-elected to a second term in 2005. She was term-limited in 2009.<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/17/AR2008011702828.html Chris Matthews Backs Off 'Nasty' Remark on Clinton - washingtonpost.com]</ref>

Gandy is married to Christopher "Kip" Lornell, an American [[ethnomusicology|ethnomusicologist]] and professor of music at [[George Washington University]] in [[Washington, D.C.]] The couple have two daughters.

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060213210328/http://www.now.org/officers/kg.html NOW Officers: Kim Gandy – President]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060214211713/http://www.now.org/organization/conference/2005/actfornow.html 2005 National NOW Elections – Candidate Information]
* [http://www.iop.harvard.edu Institute of Politics], Kennedy School of Government
* [http://www.feminist.org Feminist Majority Foundation]
* {{C-SPAN|19275}}

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| title = [[List of Presidents of the National Organization for Women|President of the National Organization for Women]]
| years = 2001–2009
| before = [[Patricia Ireland]]
| after = [[Terry O'Neill (feminist)|Terry O'Neill]]
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[[Category:1954 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Louisiana Tech University alumni]]
[[Category:People from New Orleans]]
[[Category:People from Shreveport, Louisiana]]
[[Category:Presidents of the National Organization for Women]]
[[Category:Loyola University New Orleans alumni]]
[[Category:American feminists]]
[[Category:Women in Louisiana politics]]
[[Category:21st-century American women]]

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