National Women's Law Center
The National Women's Law Center (NWLC) is a Washington, D. C.-based nonprofit organization that has been working since 1972 to advance and protect women's legal rights.
The Center focuses on major policy areas of importance to women and their families including child support, employment, education, education, reproductive rights and health, child and adult dependent care, pubic assistance, tax reform, and Social Security. In all its work, NWLC pays special attention to the issues that affect low-income women.
Marcia D. Greenberger
Ms. Greenberger is the founder and co-president of the National Women's Law Center. The creation of the Center over 20 years ago established her as the dean of women's legal advocates in Washington. A recognized expert on sex discrimination and the law, she has participated in the development of key legislative initiatives and litigation protecting women's rights, particularly in the areas of employment, education and reproductive rights and health.
Greenberger received her B.A. with honors and her J. D. from the University of Pennsylvania. She practiced tax law with the Washington, D. C. firm of Caplin and Drysdale and later became the Director of the Women's Rights Project of the Center for Law and Social Policy.
Ms. Greenberger is a member of the American Law Institute, the American Bar Association Commission on Women in the Profession, and a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation.
