The Osias Foundation is an incorporated not-for-profit organization whose mission is to explore the dynamics of the feminist movement and, through an aggressive and innovative public information program, champion femininity in the workplace as a means of achieving meaningful career advancement.
The Foundation reflects the personal philosophy of its founder and President, Rosalie Osias, who believes that, a quarter century later, the Feminist Revolution has failed miserably in its mission to create a level economic playing field. Osias charges that, "The Feminist leadership has sent women into battle ill prepared to cope with the realities of an old boy network that remains in control of the corner office. Our `leaders' instilled in us the desire to overthrow the power structure but little else. Sent into war against the male establishment with little more than burning bras, we were defeated with smirks, winks and title changes."
Anticipating a seminal chapter in American history, the Lewinsky-Clinton affair, the Osias Foundation instituted a series of national surveys designed to determine the true pulse of the feminist movement and to determine how the power of feminine sexuality can be made to work in advancing the careers of working American women. Osias believes that, "the Feminist leadership rejected the very basic differences that will always exist between men and women, and in the process robbed women of one of their most potent weapons. Sex Appeal. As a result, they were stunned when a President they supported was found guilty of the crime of extra martial office sex."
Osias reaffirmed her philosophy when she was the only American to come forward with a substantive donation to the Lewinsky Defense Fund at a time when the Feminist Movement was deadly silent on her plight. Osias' Foundation provided Lewinsky with $10,000 to defray her legal bills.
As president of the Foundation Osias has appeared on national and international television, in print in the Daily News, NY Times, Los Angeles Times, Newsday and in syndicated papers across the United States. Her provocative philosophy has sparked radio broadcast news interviews domestically and internationally. She continues to lecture before business and media organizations and successfully won the right to run provocative advertisement for her Great Neck law firm, after an unsuccessful threat of censure from the New York Bar Association.
