ERA in the News: NOV 16 - NOV 29 2024
NATIONAL
Write4Rights - Vote Equality! "On December 10th, the 101st anniversary of the Equal Rights Amendment being introduced to Congress, contact the friends you activated and head to the nearest mailbox to drop YOUR note in the mail (postcard, notecard, artistic drawing, whatever). Be sure you include the wording you sent to your friends" Vote Equality
The President Must Immediately Publish the Equal Rights Amendment | League of Women Voters "The 2024 election results were not friendly to women’s equality, and our future status in the country is at stake. It’s imperative that President Biden take urgent action to ensure the process of publishing the Amendment is completed since it has been fully ratified since 2020." League of Women Voters
Nov. 25 Michael Moore: Biden Going Out With a Bang "You have the power to order the E.R.A. be officially published in the United States Constitution. You’ve had nearly 4 years to do this. It was ratified by the required number of states and it should be published as the 28th Amendment to the Constitution. Women, who make up 51% of the American population — THE MAJORITY — should finally be recognized as equal citizens and equal human beings, endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, just as they are in almost every single other Western Democracy." Scheer Post
Nov. 25 Whatever Happened to the Republican Party? "Excerpts from the Republican Party Platform of 1972: ... To continue progress for women's rights, we will work toward: Ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment; appointment of women to highest level positions in the Federal Government, including the Cabinet and Supreme Court; equal pay for equal work; elimination of discrimination against women at all levels in Federal Government..." Daily KOS
STATE NEWS
CALIFORNIA
Nov. 21 Letters: Let’s get the ERA done now – The Ukiah Daily Journal Ukiah Daily Journal
ILLINOIS
Nov. 22 Letters: President Joe Biden should have ERA certified Chicago Tribune
COLORADO
Nov. 17 Semple: Women are under attack, except in Snowmass | Opinion | aspendailynews.com Aspen Daily News
UTAH
Nov. 21 Letter: It seems the majority of American voters are OK with inequality for women The Salt Lake Tribune
DELAWARE
Equality Cannot Wait. | MyLO League of Women Voters
PENNSYLVANIA
Nov. 17 Tell President Biden to Publish the Equal Rights Amendment | MyLOLeague of Women Voters of Bucks County