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The ERA-NC Alliance, a new coalition of which BPW-NC is a lead organization, recently surveyed all NC legislative and congressional candidates to determine where they stand on the Equal Rights Amendment. Candidates for the House and Senate of the NC … Continue reading →

http://FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Bettina Hager – (973) 876-3826 / bettina@eracoalition.org Carol Jenkins – (646) 596-2550 / carol@caroljenkinsmedia.com BREAKING: Americans—by 94%– Overwhelmingly Support the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) Actress Patricia Arquette to testify on the ERA at the DNC Platform … Continue reading →

Well reasoned article from the Illinois State Bar Association By Cindy G. Buys This October, a post on ISBA listserv sparked spirited debate. There were over 70 comments made in the span of a week—all about the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), which … Continue reading →

Equal Pay Day, April 12 is the symbolic day when average women’s wages catch up with men’s from the previous year. The average woman working full time in the U.S. typically has to work 15 months to take home what … Continue reading →

by David Madden, GUEST COLUMNIST, Asheville Citizen-Times (August 28th, 2015) I happened yesterday upon a yellowed newspaper clipping of a 1974 Mother’s Day newspaper editorial headline — “ERA: IT’S TIME NOW FOR RATIFICATION.” I thought at the time that the … Continue reading →

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