 Wiley had been trying to mobilize the working poor, whereas Tillmon tried to align with the feminist movement.Tillmon's 1972 essay, "Welfare Is a Woman's Issue," which was published in "Ms.", emphasized women's right to adequate income, regardless of whether they worked in a factory or at home raising children.The funding for the NWRO had gone down by the time Tillmon became the executive director, and the NWRO ended in bankruptcy in March 1975; however, Tillmon continued fighting for welfare rights at the state and local levels.