Rosemary Dempsey is an American feminist activist. She is currently running against incumbent Kim Gandy for the presidency of the National Organization for Women where she held a vice presidential position from 1990-1997. Dempsey has a degree in Sociology from the College of New Rochelle in New York and a Juris Doctor from Rutgers School of Law. She was a founding partner of the feminist-oriented law firm McGahen, Dempsey and Cagey. She is openly lesbian.