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"Every constitution written since the end of World War II includes a provision that men and women are citizens of equal stature. Ours does not." ~ Ruth Bader Ginsburg -
“Certainly the Constitution does not require discrimination on the basis of sex. The only issue is whether it prohibits it. It doesn’t. Nobody ever thought that that’s what it meant. Nobody ever voted for that.” ~ Former Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia Wage Gap in NC
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Chasing the Mythical Equal Rights Amendment
by Sara Lang on September 4, 2015 for Women Advance http://www.womenadvancenc.org For women of my generation, the push to pass and ratify the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) seems almost mythical. We were just wee little ones, or maybe not even … Continue reading →
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 →
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
ERA is alive and kicking in NC and nationally
North Carolina – “the big hairy foot” Although the North Carolina General Assembly has not yet acted on the Equal Rights Amendment during its current session, the Senate version is still alive. Under a Senate rule, constitutional amendments are exempt … Continue reading →
What happened to the push for the ERA in NC?
WNC legislator, activist weigh in for passage of ERA by Kirk Ross/Carolina Public Press RALEIGH—The Equal Rights Amendment, a landmark push to enshrine women’s equality in the U.S. Constitution, is in limbo again in North Carolina. Continue reading…
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 →
UPDATE FROM NC GENERAL ASSEMBLY – MAY 2015
Because the crossover deadline has run out for legislation to pass one chamber in order to be considered in next year’s session of the General Assembly, North Carolina women must now wait until 2017, the next long session, for equal … Continue reading →
Report: Wage gap hurts most vulnerable in NC
Read the story in The Asheville Citizen-Times by Beth Walton.
Push for gender-equity amendment returns to North Carolina
Read the Associated Press story by Gary D. Robertson
The New Women Warriors
The new women warriors: Reviving the fight for equal rights Watch the video and read the article by Jessica Ravitz on CNN.
