Renzo DowneyFebruary 12, 2020
4min821
2020 marks 100 years since women gained the right to vote.
Tag: Equal Rights Amendment
Renzo DowneyFebruary 12, 2020
Janelle Irwin TaylorFebruary 6, 2020
13min1052
Women's groups are working to debunk conservative fears about the ERA.
A.G. GancarskiSeptember 27, 2019Janelle Irwin TaylorAugust 16, 2019
7min456
Support for the ERA was unanimous.
Scott PowersJune 1, 20184min284
Democratic state Sen. Linda Stewart said Friday there will be a big push in the next Legislative Session to pass a bill ratifying the Equal Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution now that Illinois has approved it, leaving just one more state needed for adoption. “We only need one more state. There’s 13,” that have […]
A.G. GancarskiDecember 20, 2016
3min560
Those who were around in the 1970s remember the ubiquitous ERA YES buttons and bumper stickers promoting the Equal Rights Amendment. Though the ERA never made it to the U.S. Constitution, as the amendment failed to be ratified by 3/4 of the states by 1982, the ERA will yet again be considered (and likely not […]
Guest AuthorApril 13, 20167min281
Seriously? We are arguing about sharing bathrooms again? Didn’t we get that out of our collective political systems in the five years it took to kill the Equal Rights Amendment? On March 22, 1972, Congress sent the simply worded, proposed 27th amendment to the states for approval. Congress gave the states seven years to ratify […]
Guest AuthorFebruary 25, 2016
6min257
The OMG moment tucked itself among the scone recipe, the adorable kitten video and the wing-nut screeds in my Facebook feed. There it was: The account of Gloria Steinem’s and Madeleine Albright’s speculations that today’s young women were failing to show up for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton because (a) they’d rather be where the […]
Guest AuthorJuly 29, 20147min212
Among the country’s lower 48, Florida was a land of almost unequaled promise. Surrounded by navigable waters, the peninsula’s unique geography and pristine natural beauty beckoned all to visit and emigrate–and thrive. Mother Nature shined on the state, along with women like Marjory Stoneman Douglas (who saved the Everglades) and Barbara Capitman (who saved South […]