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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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ERA candidate survey
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
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COVID-19 reveals need for ERA
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
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HERRING CONDEMNS TRUMP ADMINISTRATION EFFORTS TO KILL THE EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT ~ Trump Administration refuses to recognize Virginia’s ratification of the ERA and is now working to block Attorney General Herring’s efforts to force recognition ~
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
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Heroic medical professionals deserve equal pay
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
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The ERA Is Making Constitutional History, But You Wouldn’t Know It From MRS. AMERICA
— 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
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Support grows for US Senate measure to eliminate ERA deadline
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
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Response to Justice Ginsburg’s recent remarks about the ERA
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/
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