The national organization for women wanted the us government to promote workplace equality by

By ending gender discrimination in the workplace, initiate efforts to legalize abortion, and receive federal and state support for child-care centers.

Explanation:

In 1966, Betty Friedan and other activists founded the National Organization for Women (NOW). The membership of NOW soared from one thousand in 1967 to forty thousand in 1974. In the early seventies, members of Congress, the Supreme Court, and NOW advanced the cause of gender equality. During the 1970s several laws and amendments were passed reinforcing the feminist movement, such as affirmative actions, and restrained laws forbidding abortions during the 3 months of pregnancy.