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WOMEN’S FORUM OF NC – ERA IN NC/ROBERTA MADDEN

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North Carolina Group Joins Efforts to Revive the Equal Rights Amendment

Seeking to find some light at the end of the tunnel, a new non-partisan, statewide organization calling itself, the ERA-NC Alliance held a press conference at Wake Forest University to announced renewed efforts to advocate for the ratification of the … Continue reading

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Equal Pay Day

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Champion of the Equal Rights Amendment, Black Mountain’s Roberta Madden receives award

Roberta Madden – photo by Barbara Bozeman Beth Walton, bwalton@citizen-times.com 2:22 p.m. EST December 7, 2015   BLACK MOUNTAIN – The woman who helped bring the Equal Rights Amendment back to the North Carolina legislature this year was  recently honored for her … Continue reading

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STATEWIDE ERA CONFERENCE HELD IN GREENSBORO

“Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn” is the attitude of many legislative and congressional leaders regarding equal rights for women and men. To overcome resistance, ignorance, and apathy on the part of many political leaders, a diverse group … Continue reading

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The American Ethical Union Resolves to Eliminate Congress’ Deadline for Ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment

JUNE 2015 — At the 100th American Ethical Union Assembly, held in Stamford, CT, representatives of the member Ethical Societies passed a resolution to eliminate Congress’ deadline for ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment. Read the resolution here. The current … Continue reading

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Meryl Streep Lobbies for Equal Rights for Women

Meryl Streep, who will be playing British suffragette leader Emmeline Pankhurst in the film Suffragette, has lobbied Congress to revive the equal rights amendment. Read the story by Laura Tucker on AllMediaNY

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Passionate about candidate

Visit NCYouthRock – “Youth voices are important to the future of our state. We will educate and encourage NC youth and encourage our elected representatives to make decisions beneficial to young people in NC.” ~ Madison Kimrey

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NC lawmakers say “no” yet again to equality for women

By Roberta Madden (originally published in NC Policy Watch’s Progressive Voices) Forty years ago, 90 percent of Iceland’s women took “a day off,” refusing to work, cook, or tend the children. In a powerful strike for equality, 25,000 women from … Continue reading

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Report: Wage gap hurts most vulnerable in NC

Read the story in The Asheville Citizen-Times by Beth Walton.

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