We are looking forward to August 18th: it's the day in 1920 the 19th Amendment achieved its final state--Tennessee. In those days they only needed 36 states for ratification. On August 26th, Women's Equality Day, the news finally reached Washington, DC. On the 18th we hope you will join us…
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Dear ERA Coalition/Fund for Women's Equality Supporters and Friends: We wanted to share the letter we sent to our entire membership yesterday--more than 100 organizations strong. Our commitment to systemic change is firm. We will keep you updated on our progress. In Solidarity, Carol JenkinsCo-President and CEOERA Coalition and the Fund…
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Top picture: Gloria Steinem, Bella Abzug, Shirley Chisholm, Betty Friedan at a 1971 National Women’s Political Caucus MeetingBottom picture: Ellie Smeal talking at a rally for the ERA in Detroit in 1980 We want to share with you this LA Times OpEd by our Board Member Gloria Steinem and Coalition…
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It was a momentous week for the House of Representatives. First, the loss of Congressman John Lewis. He was for over thirty years the voice of nonviolence and equal rights in Congress. He crossed the Pettus Bridge for the last time--in a horse drawn carriage--and lies in state in the…
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On February 13th, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to pass HJ Res 79, the bill to remove the time limit from the 1972 ERA, with bipartisan support. The ERA Coalition, the national organization representing more than 100 organizations, leaders across the country, allied organizations and millions of women and men,…
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Wishing you a memorable 4th of July! As we all celebrate the founding of our great country--the idea of democracy and equality--we can take pride in the actions of so many in the interest of the Equal Rights Amendment. This week girls and women were at the forefront of a…
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For Immediate Release -- The ERA Coalition Joins Women’s Movement Amicus Brief in Support of the Equal Rights Amendment with 52 Women’s and Social Justice Groups including the Feminist Majority, TIME’S UP, YWCA, NOW, Black Women’s Roundtable, Voto Latino, League of Women Voters, Legal Momentum, Hadassah, Union Theological Seminary, and…
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Another big step forward today in the ERA movement! The ERA Coalition, its members and supporters, filed an amicus brief in support of the suit filed by the Attorneys General of Nevada, Illinois and Virginia to compel the Archivist to publish the ERA to the Constitution. Here is the Coalition…
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Greetings from the ERA Coalition on this day, the celebration of Juneteenth, the day in 1865 that slaves in faraway Texas learned--two years after the fact--that slavery had ended. Today in the Senate there was movement to make this a national holiday: Senators Kamala Harris, Cory Booker, Tina Smith and Ed…
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We wanted to be sure to share with you our statement on the Supreme Court's 6-3 decision on LGBTQ+ workers' rights and to congratulate our colleagues: Here is the full text of today's Opinion, written by Justice Gorsuch. BOSTOCK v. CLAYTON COUNTY And here are a couple of links that will…
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