page_title: National Advisory Committee for Women
hierarchical_section_title: National Advisory Committee for Women
caption_attribution_description: English: Jimmy Carter meets with the Advisory Committee of the International Women's Year
context_page_description: The National Advisory Committee for Women was a presidential commission established by President Jimmy Carter in 1978. It was renamed the President's Advisory Committee for Women, with a reduced mandate, in 1979.
  It was the successor to the National Commission on the Observance of International Women's Year, with many of the outgoing members of that commission serving on the advisory committee. It was replaced by the Task Force on Legal Equity for Women, launched in December 1981 by President Ronald Reagan with Executive Order 12336.
context_section_description: The National Advisory Committee for Women (NACW) was a presidential commission established by President Jimmy Carter in 1978. It was renamed the President's Advisory Committee for Women (PACFW), with a reduced mandate, in 1979.
  It was the successor to the National Commission on the Observance of International Women's Year, with many of the outgoing members of that commission serving on the advisory committee. It was replaced by the Task Force on Legal Equity for Women, launched in December 1981 by President Ronald Reagan with Executive Order 12336.
caption: President Jimmy Carter (bottom right) meets with NACW members, including Bella Abzug (center right, in hat) and others. Abzug would be dismissed shortly after this meeting, and the committee would completely change within days.