ERA in the News: Jul 29 - Aug 2, 2019

Green states are where the ERA was in the news!

To start, we hope you'll join us in honoring several Equal Rights Amendment activists that we lost recently across the country. Jinnah Kelson of Utah, Mary Purcell of Tennessee and Pennsylvania, Doris Peltzman of Connecticut, and Mary Elle Hunter were all dedicated leaders in the fight for the ERA, and we're grateful for their commitment to the fight we continue today.

The Alice Paul Institute kicked off a new t-shirt campaign, featuring one of our favorite quotes from Alice:

"Unless women are prepared to fight politically they must be content to be ignored politically."

You can also still purchase your ERA tees by clicking here. 

Now onto the news...

NATIONAL

July 26 Celebrating the Women's Soccer Team? Time to support the ERA, The Hill

July 27 Arizona Republican Says US Will Soon 'Look Like South American Countries', Newsweek 

July 28 Equal Pay Legislation is Not the Holy Grail, Forbes

July 28 Arizona lawmaker criticized for saying US might look like South America, USA Today 

July 30 Having Six Women Running for President Changes Everything, Yahoo Lifestyle

Aug. 1 Cate Blanchett Always Passes on Ice. Unless it's an Iceberg, Wall Street Journal 

INTERNATIONAL

Aug. 1 Cate Blanchett FIRST LOOK: Oscar-winning actress films her US television debut Mrs. America, Daily Mail

ARIZONA

July 26 Arizona state senator criticized for remarks on immigrants, birthrates of Hispanic women, AZCentral.com

July 26 Sen. Sylvia Allen Warns the US Will Soon "Look Like South American Countries," Phoenix New Times

July 26 ERA Push, Green New Deal, Migrant Policy Stew in PHX, Modern Times Magazine 

Aug. 1 Sen. Sylvia 'Browning of America' Allen also dismissed women, AZCentral.com

ARKANSAS

July 30 Southern Strategy Arms Long, NWAOnline

CALIFORNIA

July 27 Column: Robert Mueller's hearings were heading nowhere--until Adam Schiff spoke up, Los Angeles Times 

MARYLAND

July 26 A look at the history of women's rights, Maryland Daily Record

July 27 Rallying for the ERA, Josh Kurtz 

MASSACHUSETTS 

July 26 Candidate for Ward 3 Somerville School Committee Sarah Phillips endorsed by Mass Women's Caucus, Wicked Local Somerville

NEVADA

July 29 Political cartoons about women's suffrage, now on exhibit in Logan, still resonate, Salt Lake Tribune 

NEW JERSEY

July 28 Editorial: Thumbs-Up; Thumbs-Down, Burlington County Times

July 28 ERA extension gets support from 6 of 12 New Jersey House members, New Jersey Globe 

OKLAHOMA

July 29 Letter to the Editor: Time to revive the Equal Rights Amendment for pay equality, Tulsa World

PENNSYLVANIA

July 28 We're Pennsylvania nurses: We support the struggle for Medicaid coverage of abortion, Pennsylvania Capital-Star

TENNESSEE 

July 30 Mary Purcell--international women's rights advocate and ex-Nashville mayor's mom--dies at 92, The Tennessean

UTAH

July 27 Virginia 'Jinnah' Kelson, 'fierce advocate' for Utah women, dies at age 90, Salt Lake Tribune 

VIRGINIA

July 29 Which Amanda Chase is the Real Amanda Chase?, Blue Virginia

Thank you,

Erica Young & Krista Niles for the APAC