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It’s time to call or write your NC representatives

Here’s an important message from our sister organization, NC4ERA. Please call or write these 11 members of NC House Judiciary 1 Committee and urge them to support the Equal Rights Amendment. In the article you’ll find each member’s telephone number. … Continue reading

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Gloria Steinem on Black Women: ‘They Invented the Feminist Movement’

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WNC women call for passage of Equal Rights Amendment

story by Beth Walton  for the Asheville Citizen Times,  March 5th, 2015 ASHEVILLE – Roberta Madden wants to live to see the day the Equal Rights Amendment is added to the U.S. Constitution. At 78, the Black Mountain resident fears … Continue reading

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Fearless Carla Cunningham and Introduction of ERA in NC

“ERA is in the air,” according to Gailya Paliga, President of the NC National Organization for Women. The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) is the topic of a new book – “Equal Means Equal, Why the Time for an Equal Rights Amendment Is … Continue reading

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Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Simple Advice To Young Feminists

In an interview with Jeffrey Rosen for New Republic, Ginsburg discussed how her experience as a female Supreme Court Justice has been rewarding, but also trying. Since R.B.G. was appointed in 1993, she’s been confused for Justice O’Connor, has dealt … Continue reading

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Alice Paul: Equal rights leader, fighter

Read the article about Alice Paul, author of the Equal Rights Amendment, by Macklin K. Reid in The Ridgefield Press.  

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Equal Means Equal: Why the Time for an Equal Rights Amendment Is NOW

Listen to the interview with author Jessica Neuwirth on The Diane Rehm Show!

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Why the ERA still matters

by Ellie Kinnaird (former state senator and mayor of Carrboro) Last year, I attended a program advocating for passage of the long-defunct Equal Rights Constitutional Amendment: “Equality of Rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the … Continue reading

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Income Disparity

National Women’s Law Center          nwlc.org/povertydata

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Ginsburg speaks on Equal Rights for Women

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg told a packed Lisner Auditorium on Friday that she sees one glaring error in the U.S. Constitution: It lacks an amendment that promises equal rights for women. Read the story here at GW Hatchet … Continue reading

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