The Feminist Majority Foundation (FMF) is a non-profit organization in the United States dedicated to Women's Equality, Reproductive Health and Non-Violence, headquartered in Arlington County, Virginia. The name Feminist Majority comes from a 1986 Newsweek/Gallup public opinion poll in which 56 percent of American women self-identified as feminists. President and founder Eleanor Smeal chose the name to encourage the belief that feminists are the majority.
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