Author Archives: Roberta Madden

ERA Biennial Candidate Survey – Lickin’ and Stickin’ ProjectFrom the September newsletter of the League of Women Voters Asheville/Buncombe County Update on the candidate biennial survey, led by League member Robbie Madden on behalf of the ERA-NC Alliance, of which … Continue reading →

National Women’s Law Center data show that women are disproportionately fighting the Covid 19 pandemic, constituting 75% of hospital workers, 88% of psychiatric, nursing and home health workers, 66% of cashiers and retail salespeople in grocery stores, and 63% of … Continue reading →

RICHMOND (May 8, 2020)—Late last night, the Trump Administration filed a motion to dismiss Attorney General Mark R. Herring’s landmark civil rights lawsuit that seeks to ensure that the Equal Rights Amendment is recognized as the 28th Amendment to the United States Constitution … Continue reading →

By Roberta Madden Published in the Asheville (NC) Citizen-Times on Sunday, April 26, 2020 “Bound by paperwork, short on hands, sleep, and energy . . . nurses are rarely short on caring.” –Sharon Hudacek http://ashevillecitizentimes.nc.newsmemory.com/?publink=1348f8a91

— A group of feminist filmmakers and activists released an Open Letter on Tuesday, calling out FX’s new TV series MRS. AMERICA and its marketing for focusing on the Equal Right’s Amendment’s failure to pass in 1982 without shining a … Continue reading →

Mar 10, 2020 — New CosponsorsS.J.Res. 6: A joint resolution removing the deadline for the ratification of the equal rights amendment.New Cosponsor: Sen. Patrick Leahy [D-VT]New Cosponsor: Sen. Joe Manchin [D-WV]The resolution now has 48 cosponsors (44 Democrats, 2 Republicans, 2 Independents).Trackers: Bill … Continue reading →

The Supreme Court justice says backers of the ERA must “start over” in their bid to amend the Constitution. A leading backer of the effort explains why she believes that the icon of the women’s-rights movement is wrong. https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/02/ruth-bader-ginsburg-equal-rights-amendment/606556/