ERA in the News: August 8-14, 2020

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INTERNATIONAL

Aug. 10 From anti-maskers to 5G conspiracists, the sovereign citizen movement is a broad tent, The Canberra Times

NATIONAL

Aug. 7 The ERA Is Queer, and It's in Joe Biden's 'Agenda For Women', Advocate

Aug. 7 The loudest voices against women's suffrage were women too, CNN

Aug. 7 Emmys' Limited-Series Race Dominated by Feminist Stores, Hollywood Reporter

Aug. 9  A mother's letter, a son's choice, and the increidble moment women won the vote, Washington Post

Aug. 9 Thousands of women fought against the right to vote. Their reasons still resonate today, Washington Post

Aug. 10 ONLINE: The ERA Today, Isthmus

Aug. 11 US Court Skirmishes Over Deadline's Validity Leave ERA in Limbo, Just Security

Aug. 11 Transgender Americans are still waiting for legal equality, Newsday

Aug. 11 Today on FB Live: Julie C. Suk on the History and Future of the ERA, BookTrib

Aug. 11 Kamala Harris Is the Third Woman to Run as a Vice Presidential Candidate for a Major US Party, Time

Aug. 13 Maine Governor Janet Mills, women's rights activists among state's most influential women, USA Today

Aug. 13 Arrested and tortured, the Silent Sentinels suffered for suffrage, National Geographic

Aug. 14 Whitney Houston, Meryl Streep and Queen Latifah among inspiring women from New Jersey, USA Today 

STATE NEWS

ALABAMA

Aug. 7 Review: Mrs. America, Redbrick

CALIFORNIA

Aug. 9 Op-Ed: Now, as in the 1970s, it's men, not women, who will defeat the Equal Rights Amendment, Los Angeles Times

COLORADO

Aug. 9 Betty Health: I'm politically fatigued, but I'll still vote, Longmont Times-Call

FLORIDA

Aug. 8 Healing our divisions, Sarasota Herald-Tribune

INDIANA

Aug. 14 Whitney Houston, Meryl Streep and Queen Latifah among inspiring women from New Jersey, Journal & Courier 

IOWA

Aug. 7 The trilogy of women's rights, Cedar Valley Daily Times

MAINE

Aug. 13 Maine Governor Janet Mills, women's rights activists among state's most influential women, Gannett New England

MARYLAND

Aug. 13 Women continue to fight for equality, Maryland Daily Record

MASSACHUSETTS

Aug. 8 Column: Let's ensure there really is equal justice under the law, Milford Daily News

Aug. 10 Constitutional-Standing-Equal Rights Amendment, Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly

Aug. 12 Shirley's Hazel MacKaye was a key figure in women's suffrage movement, Sentinel & Enterprise

Aug. 12 13-year-old to McConnell: The ERA is long overdue, GazetteNET

MICHIGAN

Aug. 14 GM CEO Mary Barra, singers Diana Ross and Aretha Franklin among inspiring women from Michigan, Detroit Free Press

MINNESOTA

Aug. 10 Not asking for rights, demanding them: The National Woman's Party in Minnesota's more radical approach to suffrage, Minnesota Post

MONTANA

Aug. 9 Equal Rights Amendment: It's time, Helena Independent Record

Aug. 13 MHS unveils historic letters for anniversary of 19th Amendment, Helena Independent Record

NEVADA

Aug. 13 Famed Washoe basket weaver among Nevada's Influential Women of the Century, USA Today

NEW JERSEY

Aug. 10 The Lifelong Activism of Suffragist Alice Paul, New Jersey Monthly

Aug. 14 Whitney Houston, Meryl Streep and Queen Latifah among inspiring women from New Jersey, Gannett  

OKLAHOMA

Aug. 8 This Land is Herland Programs to Examine Oklahoma Women's Activism from 1870s-2010s Woodward News

SOUTH CAROLINA

Aug. 12 Sheila Haney writes book about League of Women Voters in South Carolina, SC Now

Aug. 13 Commentary: Keep the light on inequality between men and women, Charleston Post Courier

UTAH

Aug. 12 Gubernatorial candidate challenges lawmakers to ratify ERA, Cache Valley Daily

VIRGINIA

Aug. 7 3 binge-worthy TV shows you need to stream immediately, Metro Weekly

Aug. 11 Vienna exhibition looks back, forward on women's rights, Inside NoVa

Aug. 12 'These Things Can Be Done', Richmond Magazine

OBITUARY

Aug. 9 Alta Bragg, Leader-Telegram

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