Education
In 2002 she graduated from Georgetown University with a degree in Women"s Studies.
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Erin Matson
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In June 2009, she was elected Action Vice President for the National Organization for Women (National Organization for Women). Matson is a native of Minneapolis, Minnesota. Matson was elected as part of a four-member team called "Feminist Leadership National Organization for Women" that took office July 21, 2009.
Terry O"Neill of Maryland is President, Bonnie Grabenhofer of Illinois is executive vice president, Allendra Letsome of Maryland is membership vice president
Matson was National Organization for Women"s Prairie States Regional Director before taking national office and served on National National Organization for Women"s Board of Directors for three years. During this time, she traveled to Iowa to participate in National Organization for Women Public Affairs Committee"s historic campaign to elect Hillary Clinton president of the United States.
She co-authored a resolution that created the 2006 Young Feminist Summit in Albany, New York, and also authored and passed a bylaws amendment to incorporate virtual chapters in the organization. Matson was also the youngest-ever President of a state chapter when she was elected to lead Minnesota National Organization for Women in 2004.
Matson has said that her personal experience as an anorexia survivor led her to feminist activism.
Recently she has spoken out against Ralph Lauren"s extreme digital retouching of model Filippa Hamilton. “Certainly apologies are due to her personally,” Matson told Radar Online. “But what I’m really concerned about here is the message that that this has sent to millions of pre-teens, daughters, mothers, sisters – women around the country and the world.".
Membership
To date, Matson has served as the longest standing member of the National National Organization for Women Young Feminist Task Force (2003-2008).
