ERA in the NEWS: MAY 16-22 2020
The Advocacy Committee of the Alice Paul Institute is launching the ERA Storytellers Project to collect the stories of the activists who have been on the front lines fighting for the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment. We are especially interested in the stories from activists who advocated or worked with their state legislatures to ratify the ERA, and those who marched during the 1970s and 1980s . Additionally, in our continued work to expand historical narratives and include all voices, we are deeply interested in hearing from people of color , and members of the GLBTQ+ communities.
Interested? Click the button below, fill out the quick survey, and we'll be in touch to coordinate an interview.
UPDATES ON S.J. RES 6 IN THE SENATE
As elected official across the nation continue to work and respond to the current public health crisis, we will continue to monitor the number co-sponsors on the Senate bill to remove the original time limit on the Equal Rights Amendment.
Co-Sponsors = 48 (same last week)
View the full resolution HERE .
INTERNATIONAL NEWS
May 8 Locked down? Open up to ... the Jewish mothers of gender rights in 'Mrs. America', The Times of Israel
May 9 National and world news in brief , Telegraph Herald
May 9 Cate Blanchett opens up about playing an anti-feminist in 'Mrs. America' , Calgary Herald
NATIONAL NEWS
May 15 Margo Martindale Knows that Men and Women Are Equal (Event If the World Doesn't) , Collider
May 16 Watching the past in 'Mrs. America' makes me afraid for the future , CNN International
May 17 Is Madam Secretary Cancelled? , The Cinemaholic
May 17 Coronavirus putting future of state bills, grassroots efforts in jeopardy , ABC News
May 17 How 'Mrs. America' Portrays Its Characters' Politics Through Fashion , Showbiz Cheat Sheet
May 18 'Mrs. America' and the renewed focus on the Equal Rights Amendment, ABA Journal
May 19 There Is No Such Thing as an Apolitical Woman, Sojourners
May 19 When Barbara Streisand and Ryan O'Neal Went Screwball , The New York Times
May 20 What's Fact and What's Fiction in the Mrs. America Episode About the National Women's Conference , Slate Magazine
May 20 "Reports of the ERA's Death Have Been Greatly Exaggerated" (Part 6) , Ms. Magazine
May 20 Sarah Paulson on Flipping Her Political Script With 'Mrs. America' , Hollywood Reporter
May 21 Cate Blanchett: I'm Not 'Mrs. America.' That's the Point. New York Times
STATE NEWS
CALIFORNIA
May 19 Trump fatigue? 17 political TV shows to watch if you're totally over politics , Los Angeles Times
HAWAII
May 19 Trump's stone-age views on 'women's work' , KITV Honolulu
MASSACHUSETTS
May 16 PHOTOS: Today in History, May 16 , Milford Daily News
May 21 In Its Premiere, 'Mrs. America' is the Phyllis Schlafly Nostalgia Piece Nobody Needs , Harvard Crimson
MINNESOTA
May 21 Why did 53% of white women vote for Trump? The story of Phyllis Schlafly tells why , Minneapolis Sun Times
MISSOURI
May 19 A Backward View of May 2000: Nothing magically, it just seemed so, The Daily Star-Journal
NEW YORK
May 17 Fear of the future: Class of 2020 enters a world in crisis , WFXL Fox 31
OREGON
May 18 Coronavirus putting future state bills, grassroots efforts in jeopardy , My Central Oregon
May 22 Blatant acts of domestic terrorism , The Register-Guard
TEXAS
May 15 'Mrs. America' reminds us that more women in politics won't necessarily mean more liberal policies , Bryan-College Station Eagle
OPPOSITION
May 15 Hulu's Stylish Hatchet Job on Phyllis Schlafly, Wall Street Journal
May 15 Ms. Reading, National Review
May 19 Patterson Launches TV Ad Highlighting Van Drew's Liberal Record , Insider NJ
May 21 OPINION: 5 heartening Hollywood portrayals of conservatives that you can stream right now , Philadelphia Inquirer
May 21 'Feminist Paper Dolls', National Review