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NATIONAL

Sept. 4 From the Vaults: The opposite of binge-watching, Washington Blade

Sept. 4 Julianne Moore and Alicia Vikander channel feminist icon Gloria Steinem in biopic The Glorias, Daily Mail

Sept. 7 Another underappreciated part of the USPS? It's exceptional design, Fast Company

Sept. 8 Alliance for Girls Investigates COVID's Impact on Diverse CA Girls, Philanthropy Women

Sept. 9 Gloria Steinem Is Nowhere Near Done With Being an Activist, The New York TImes

Sept. 9 Exclusive: Director Unjoo Moon, Stars Tilda Cobham-Hervey & Danielle Macdonald Discuss 'I Am Woman,' The Knockturnal

Sept. 10 AFI Alum Unjoo Moon on Directing the New Helen Reddy Biopic I AM WOMAN, AFI.com

ILLINOIS

Sept. 7 Michelle Fadeley, Illinois House 37th District Democratic nominee profile, Chicago Sun-Times

KANSAS

Sept. 9 "Audacity: The March to Women's Rights," Kansas City Kansas Community College Art Gallery, KC Studio

KENTUCKY

Sept. 6 Book review: ' Reaganland', Bowling Green Daily News

MARYLAND

Sept. 9 11 female voices, from age 13 to 110, on why the vote matters, Baltimore Sun

MASSACHUSETTS

Sept. 8 Watertown Library, Historical Society Women's Suffrage Events, Patch Watertown

Sept. 10 Virtual lecture on 'Women's Rights after the 19th Amendment,' Community Advocate

Sept. 10 FILM REVIEW: Helen Reddy biopic purrs when it should roar, Milford Daily News

MICHIGAN

Sept. 10 Helen Reddy biopic "I Am Woman" roars onto screens, The Oakland Press

NEBRASKA

Sept. 5 Today in history: Sept. 5, York News-Times

NEW JERSEY

Sept. 10 New Jersey NOW 2020 Virtual State Conference, InsiderNJ

NEW MEXICO

Sept. 5 Civil Rights advocate Frances Williams recalls fight for Equal Rights Amendment, Las Cruces Sun-News

NEW YORK

Sept. 5 Committee Honors Women's Rights Leader, Jamestown Post Journal

Sept. 8 A sign of the times: NOW organizing a Buffalo-area chapter, WBFO

Sept. 8 New Historical Marker Honors Local and National Suffrage Leader, WRFA Jamestown

OHIO

Sept. 5 Orchids and onions, Warren Tribune Chronicle

OKLAHOMA

Sept. 8 The home stretch: A perpetual tourist's last semester in Oklahoma, NonDoc

SOUTH CAROLINA

Sept. 7 Women gathered in North Charleston for 'The Million Women's March of South Carolina,' ABC News 4

TEXAS

Sept. 4 Andy Eads: Legacy of women elected leaders strong in Denton County, Denton Record Chronicle

VIRGINIA

Sept. 5 Video: Unhinged Ad by VA State Sen. Bryce Reeves, Blue Virginia

WASHINGTON

Sept. 10 Guns are protected; fight for what we need, GoSkagit.com

WISCONSIN

Sept. 6 Candidate Q7A: 5th Congressional District, Journal Times

OBITUARY

Sept. 10 Margaret Savage | 1936-2020, Journal of the San Juan Islands

Sept. 10 Nikki Warren Seeler (August 27, 1927-September 7th 2020), Lake Expo

Sept. 10 Obituary: Dian Patricia Kendrick, 1938-2019, Seven Days

OPPOSITION

Sept. 4 Opinion: How Conservative Evangelicals Got Where They Are Politically, and What To Do, Reform Austin

Alice Paul InstituteSeptember 11, 2020

ERA in the News: AUGUST 29 - SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

NATIONAL

Aug. 29 Margo Martindale talks getting into character for her Emmy-nominated Mrs. America role, EW

Sept. 2 Inside the Fall Issue of Ms., Ms. Magazine

Sept. 2 'The Glorias' Trailer Spotlights Gloria Steinem's Fight for Women's Rights, Yahoo

Sept. 3 2020 Is The Year Of The Woman Donor: Campaign Contributions Surge, NPR

Sept. 3 Constitutionalizing Equality: The Equal Rights Amendment as a Catalyst for Change, Council on Foreign Relations

Sept. 3 Equal Rights Amendment Can't Wait in Time of COVID, Philanthropy Women

STATE NEWS

CALIFORNIA

Aug. 28 'We Have Come Far, But Not Far Enough': California Women Reflect on 100 Years of Voting, KQED

ILLINOIS

Sept. 3 'The Glorias' trailer spotlights Gloria Steinem's fight for women's rights, Chicago Tribune

IOWA

Sept. 4 Corbin: The trilogy of women's rights and the ongoing fight for them, NWest Iowa

KANSAS

Aug. 28 NOW is the time, Great Bend Tribune

MARYLAND

Aug. 28 UMD law school professor discusses her new book on the Nineteenth Amendment, Maryland Reporter

Aug. 30 Celebrating my suffragist grandmother and a century of the right to vote, Baltimore Sun

Aug. 31 UMD Law School Professor Discusses Her New Book, The Southern Maryland Chronicle

MASSACHUSETTS

Aug. 28 Poll Power: Women's Suffrage Celebrates 100 Years, with Caveats, Jamaica Plain Gazette

Sept. 2 Westborough Public Library to hosty 19th Amendment lecture, Wicked Local Westborough

Sept. 2 Red. White and Blue Goes Purple, White and Gold to Celebrate Women's Suffrage, Charlestown Patriot Bridge

Sept. 4 Poll Power: Women's Suffrage Celebrates 100 Years, With Caveats, Mission Hill Gazette

MICHIGAN

Sept. 4 Meg Fedorowicz: What happened to the Equal Rights Amendment, The Daily Telegram

MINNESOTA

Sept. 1 LETTER: Let's pass the Equal Rights Amendment in Minnesota, ECM Publishers

Sept. 2 Edina celebrates women's suffrage, Sun Current

MISSISSIPPI

Aug. 31 GUEST VIEW: We have to learn to do the work of change, Meridian Star

MONTANA

Sept. 1 Elect champions for equal rights, The Missoulian

NEW YORK

Aug. 29 Up close and personal: SF student meets First Lady after drawing picked for suffrage exhibit, Finger Lakes Times

PENNSYLVANIA

Sept. 2 'Reaganland' explores how 'the Gipper' changed American politics, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

TENNESSEE

Aug. 28 Women of Influence: Shruit Sharma, Ingram Content Group, Nashville Business Journal

Aug. 29 From 'votes for women' sashes to pusshats, fashion makes political states, Knoxville News Sentinel

Sept. 1 Opinion | Roger K. Lyons: To what, as Americans, are we dedicated?, The Southern

TEXAS

Aug. 29 Let's give women's equal rights the anniversary present that it deserves, Herald Zeitung

Sept. 2 Guest column: A century of women's suffrage, Flower Mound Leader

VERMONT

Sept. 2 What women bring to the table, The Commons

VIRGINIA

Aug. 29 Heidi Sieck, Co-Founder/CEO of #VoteProChoice: Jennifer Carroll Foy is the best choice, Blue Virginia

Sept. 1 Legal scholar and author discusses Women's Equality Day, WJLA

WASHINGTON

Aug. 28 Women's vote: Enact the ERA to finish the job, Seattle Times

WYOMING

Aug. 30 Jenkins: A hundred years later, the fight continues, Casper Star-Tribune Online

OPPOSITION

Sept. 1 Drive to adopt Equal Rights Amendment tainted by backers' pro-abortion stance, Cleveland.com

Alice Paul InstituteSeptember 4, 2020

ERA in the News: August 22-28, 2020

NATIONAL

Aug. 21 Cate Blanchett and the 'Mrs. America' Team on Building a Bridge of Empathy, IndieWire

Aug. 24 Suffragists Knew Voting Was Only the First Step to Equality. The ERA Could Finish the Job, Ms. Magazine

Aug. 25 How Phyllis Schlafly kneecapped feminists to kill the Equal Rights Amendment, Grunt Stuff

Aug. 25 Women's (In)Equality Day: Don't Celebrate, Take Action, RVA Mag

Aug. 26 Trail-blazing women look ahead 100 years, CNN

Aug. 26 The evangelical left once hada home in the GOP. What happened?, Washington Post

Aug. 26 In the Lead: The Honorable Barbara Hackman Franklin on the 19th Amendment Centennial, International Women's Forum

Aug. 28 How Reagan captured the presidency, and the right captured politics, Washington Post

STATE NEWS

ALABAMA

Aug. 23 ELAINE HARRIS SPEARMAN: Women need to take their rightful place, Gadsden Times

ARIZONA

Aug. 22 Letter: Equal Rights Amendment, Arizona Daily Star

Aug. 27 Remember women's rights on Election Day, Payson Roundup
ARKANSAS

Aug. 25 Advocates plan birthday gift for the 19th Amendment; The ERA, Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

CALIFORNIA

Aug. 23 Close to Home: Sonoma County's first woman voter, Santa Rosa Press Democrat

Aug. 25 Aileen Hernandez, Gloria Steinem and the ERA, San Francisco Chronicle

Aug. 26 Op-Ed: Women won the vote but not the suffragists' larger goal, Los Angeles Times

COLORADO

Aug. 22 Pueblo drive-by parade celebrates 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th amendment, Pueblo Chieftain

CONNECTICUT

Aug. 21 Jacqueline Smith: Week of the women -- but don't hold your breath, CT Insider

DELAWARE

Aug. 26 Delaware marks 100th anniversary of women's right to vote on Women's Equality Day, WDEL 101.7

FLORIDA

Aug. 23 Alice Paul energized the suffragette movement, Citrus County Chronicle

Aug. 25 Do Democrats have a candidate in Margaret Good who can finally defeat Vern Buchanan, Florida Politics

GEORGIA

Aug. 21 Celebrating the 19th Amendment, women fight for rights in Athens, Red and Black

Aug. 27 NCNW celebrating Women's Equality Day, Atlanta Daily World

ILLINOIS

Aug. 23 Dr. Julie Suk on the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment, WGN Radio

Aug. 23 2020 Tinker Harvey Leadership Award, Naperville Community Television

Aug. 25 'We Can't Fall Asleep At The Wheel,' Says Stephanie Kifowit On Representation In Government, WBEZ

KENTUCKY

Aug. 25 It's time for the Trump administration to drop fight against the Equal Rights Amendment, Courier Journal

MASSACHUSETTS

Aug. 21 'Susan B. Anthony must decline your offer,' Suffragist museum rejects pardon from President Trump, Mass Live

Aug. 26 'We stand on their shoulders': Marlborough marks 100th anniversary of women's suffrage, MetroWest Daily News

MINNESOTA

Aug. 21 Why hasn't Minnesota passed the Equal Rights Amendment?, Minneapolis Star Tribune

Aug. 24 Our View; Voting rights more important than ever, The Free Press

MISSOURI

Aug. 21 Days Gone By: The end of the old swimming hole, Chillicothe Constitution Tribune

NEW HAMPSHIRE

Aug. 22 Key moments in the history of equal rights for women, The Union Leader

Aug. 22 Battle lines still drawn on ERA, The Union Leader

NEW JERSEY

Aug. 24 BAR REPORT- NJSBA program celebrates 19th Amendment, Law.com

Aug. 25 1976; Marches for the Equal Rights Amendment, South Jersey Local News

Aug. 26 Stockton programs highlight women's fight for equal rights, Press of Atlantic City

Aug. 27 The Equal Rights Amendment is still a work in progress, KYW Newsradio

NEW MEXICO

Aug. 24 New Mexico and The Vote Ep 4-- 100 Years After Ratification, KUNM

Aug. 26 'Finish The Fight' Paints A Different Picture Of Women Who Pushed For A Vote, KRWG

NEW YORK

Aug. 24 Connections; Discussing voting and equal rights 100 years after the passage of the 19th Amendment, WXXI News

Aug. 27 On Women's Equality Day, One Group Asks, 'Where's the Equality?', Spectrum News NY1

Aug. 28 JACKIE DAVIS: 100 years of 'votes for women', Lockport Union-Sun & Journal

NORTH CAROLINA

Aug. 22 Engage 2020, Carolina Room are resources for women's suffrage, South Charlotte Weekly

Aug. 23 Virtually back at the DNC, Shelby Star

*This article appeared in several North Carolina publications

OHIO

Aug. 24 Attorney General Rauol files briefs in lawsuit to ensure equal rights amendment, Canton Daily Ledger

OKLAHOMA

Aug. 21 Ginnie Graham: A century after women's suffrage, more than half of US women don't vote, Tulsa World

PENNSYLVANIA

Aug. 23 On the Silent Sentinels, the marches and the ERA, Lancaster Online

SOUTH CAROLINA

Aug. 27 100 years of suffrage: From ERA to new millennium, U of SC

TENNESSEE

Aug. 26 Vanderbilt alumnus' persistence helped propel 19th Amendment ratification, Vanderbilt University News

Aug. 27 From suffragists to coders: How the Girl Scouts continues to empower young women, Knoxville News Sentinel

TEXAS

Aug. 25 League of Women Voters to celebrate centennial, The Kerville Daily Times

UTAH

Aug. 26 Charlotte Maloney; Time to hold elected officials responsible for equal rights, Salt Lake Tribune

VIRGINIA

Aug. 23 Books & Talks Calendar (Aug. 23), Roanoke Times

Aug. 23 The very busy life of Suhas: Del. Subramanyam reflects on first session, public health efforts, and family life, Loudoun Times-Mirror

Aug. 25 Letter to the Editor, Aug. 25, Richmond.com

Aug. 26 COMMENTARY: The quest for suffrage in Virginia, Star Exponent

Aug. 27 Del. Ken Plum: Women's Equality Day, Reston Now

Aug. 28 Opinion: Commentary: Honoring Women in 2020 on the Centennial of the Adoption of the 19th Amendment, Virginia Connection Newspapers

WASHINGTON

Aug. 26 Honor 100 years of 19th Amendment with your vote, HeraldNet

WISCONSIN

Aug. 22 Celebrating suffrage 100--no, 150!-- years later, Laramie Boomerang

OPPOSITION

Aug. 26 Is the Equal Rights Amendment Worth the Risk?, New Ideal

Aug. 26 Here's what was missing in the ERA article -- abortion, Arizona Capitol Times

Alice Paul InstituteAugust 28, 2020

ERA in the News: AUGUST 15-21, 2020

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INTERNATIONAL

Aug. 20 Susan B. Anthony Museum RejectsTrump Pardon, Tells How He Can Really Honor Her, Huffpost Canada

NATIONAL

Aug. 18 Equal Rights Amendment: Will women ever have equal rights under federal law?, USA Today

Aug. 18 Advocates plan birthday gift for the 19th Amendment: ERA, Washington Post

Aug. 18 The Final Push for the ERA, Ms. Magazine

Aug. 19 Attorneys General Seek Summary Judgement in ERA Lawsuit, The New York Times

Aug. 20 Susan B. Anthony Museum Rejects Donald Trump's Pardon Of Namesake Women's Rights Activist, Deadline

STATE NEWS

ARIZONA

Aug. 14 Arizona stymied in taking 'next logical step' toward equality, Arizona Capitol Times

CALIFORNIA

Aug. 15 Alice Paul: Author of the Equal Rights Amendment 1885-1977, Berkeley Daily Planet

Aug. 17 Opinion: Fight for Equal Rights Continues 100 Years After the 19th Amendment, Times of San Diego

Aug. 18 Editorial: 100 years after winning the right to vote women are still fighting for political equality, Los Angeles Times

Aug. 18 19th Amendment: 100 year anniversary of women's right to vote, Action News Now

FLORIDA

Aug. 14 VISUAL VIEWPOINT: EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT, Daytona Times

Aug. 16 'It's in our DNA:' Why Black women are an electoral force in Florida, Tampa Bay Times

Aug. 17 Women's suffrage 100 years later Since Women Gained Right to Vote, VOA Learning English

Aug. 20 Part 3: 100 Years With the Right to Vote, Problems We Face Today, Bay News 9

Aug. 21 Flowers for Shirley Chisholm, Gainesville Sun
GEORGIA

Aug. 16 The 19th Amendment as a milestone, MDJ Online

ILLINOIS

Aug. 20 State AGs urge ERA's certification, Chicago Daily Law Bulletin

INDIANA

Aug. 14 1923:P Activists introduce Equal Rights Amendment, Kokomo Perspective

Aug. 14 Remembering the Indiana Women Behind the ERA, Indianapolis Monthly

KENTUCKY

Aug. 19 Unfinished Business-the right to vote for all, Forward Kentucky

MAINE

Aug. 17 Women's Rights leader to give book talk , Courier-Gazette & Camden Herald

MASSACHUSETTS

Aug. 15 Heeding mom, Tennessee lawmaker helped women gain the vote, Boston 25 News

Aug. 15 Women celebrating voting rights, Glens Falls Post-Star

Aug. 19 Poll Power: Women's Suffrage Celebrates 100 Years, With Caveats, Charleston Patriot-Bridge

MICHIGAN

Aug. 21 County Legislature Highlights, Lansing Star

MONTANA

Aug. 18 Helena group celebrates 100th anniversary of 19th Amendment, Helena Independent Record

NORTH CAROLINA

Aug. 17 How Women Have Shaped Politics Over the Last Century, The Dispatch

OKLAHOMA

Aug. 19 Advocates plan birthday gift for the 19th Amendment: The ERA, Journal Record

PENNSYLVANIA

Aug. 20 Berks County woman bringing history of suffrage movement to life, WPVI-TV

SOUTH CAROLINA

Aug. 20 100 years of suffrage: After the vote, comes an era of 'firsts', U of SC

TENNESSEE

Aug. 15 Heeding mom, Tennessee lawmaker helped women gain the vote, FOX 13 Memphis

Aug. 16 Heeding mom, McCinn County lawmaker helped women gain the vote, WTVC

Aug. 16 Ten women who changed the course of US politics, The Commercial Appeal

Aug. 18 Our Day: The Equal Rights Amendment, UT Daily Beacon

TEXAS

Aug. 17 Texas history: Tales of a famous Texas feminist, Liz Carpenter, Stephenville Empire-Tribune

UTAH

Aug. 16 Macy Pingree: A centennial reflection on women's rights, Salt Lake Tribune

Aug. 20 Letter: Utah should pass the ERA, Salt Lake Tribune

VIRGINIA

Aug. 14 A fresh look at the Equal Rights Amendment, Fox 5 DC

Aug. 18 Advocates Plan Birthday Gift for 19th Amendment: Passage of ERA, NBC4 Washington

Aug. 19 Documentary highlights Va. role in women's suffrage in 19th Amendment's Centennial Year, The Commonwealth Times

Aug. 20 Attorneys General Seek Summary Judgement in ERA Lawsuit, NBC 4 Washington

WISCONSIN

Aug. 19 Beaver Dam remembers the women who paved the way, Beaver Dam Daily Citizen

OBITUARY

Aug. 19 Slade Gorton, Who Was Voted Out of Senate and Then Back In, Dies at 92, The New York Times

Alice Paul InstituteAugust 21, 2020

ERA in the News: August 8-14, 2020

INTERNATIONAL

Aug. 10 From anti-maskers to 5G conspiracists, the sovereign citizen movement is a broad tent, The Canberra Times

NATIONAL

Aug. 7 The ERA Is Queer, and It's in Joe Biden's 'Agenda For Women', Advocate

Aug. 7 The loudest voices against women's suffrage were women too, CNN

Aug. 7 Emmys' Limited-Series Race Dominated by Feminist Stores, Hollywood Reporter

Aug. 9 A mother's letter, a son's choice, and the increidble moment women won the vote, Washington Post

Aug. 9 Thousands of women fought against the right to vote. Their reasons still resonate today, Washington Post

Aug. 10 ONLINE: The ERA Today, Isthmus

Aug. 11 US Court Skirmishes Over Deadline's Validity Leave ERA in Limbo, Just Security

Aug. 11 Transgender Americans are still waiting for legal equality, Newsday

Aug. 11 Today on FB Live: Julie C. Suk on the History and Future of the ERA, BookTrib

Aug. 11 Kamala Harris Is the Third Woman to Run as a Vice Presidential Candidate for a Major US Party, Time

Aug. 13 Maine Governor Janet Mills, women's rights activists among state's most influential women, USA Today

Aug. 13 Arrested and tortured, the Silent Sentinels suffered for suffrage, National Geographic

Aug. 14 Whitney Houston, Meryl Streep and Queen Latifah among inspiring women from New Jersey, USA Today

STATE NEWS

ALABAMA

Aug. 7 Review: Mrs. America, Redbrick

CALIFORNIA

Aug. 9 Op-Ed: Now, as in the 1970s, it's men, not women, who will defeat the Equal Rights Amendment, Los Angeles Times

COLORADO

Aug. 9 Betty Health: I'm politically fatigued, but I'll still vote, Longmont Times-Call

FLORIDA

Aug. 8 Healing our divisions, Sarasota Herald-Tribune

INDIANA

Aug. 14 Whitney Houston, Meryl Streep and Queen Latifah among inspiring women from New Jersey, Journal & Courier

IOWA

Aug. 7 The trilogy of women's rights, Cedar Valley Daily Times

MAINE

Aug. 13 Maine Governor Janet Mills, women's rights activists among state's most influential women, Gannett New England

MARYLAND

Aug. 13 Women continue to fight for equality, Maryland Daily Record

MASSACHUSETTS

Aug. 8 Column: Let's ensure there really is equal justice under the law, Milford Daily News

Aug. 10 Constitutional-Standing-Equal Rights Amendment, Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly

Aug. 12 Shirley's Hazel MacKaye was a key figure in women's suffrage movement, Sentinel & Enterprise

Aug. 12 13-year-old to McConnell: The ERA is long overdue, GazetteNET

MICHIGAN

Aug. 14 GM CEO Mary Barra, singers Diana Ross and Aretha Franklin among inspiring women from Michigan, Detroit Free Press

MINNESOTA

Aug. 10 Not asking for rights, demanding them: The National Woman's Party in Minnesota's more radical approach to suffrage, Minnesota Post

MONTANA

Aug. 9 Equal Rights Amendment: It's time, Helena Independent Record

Aug. 13 MHS unveils historic letters for anniversary of 19th Amendment, Helena Independent Record

NEVADA

Aug. 13 Famed Washoe basket weaver among Nevada's Influential Women of the Century, USA Today

NEW JERSEY

Aug. 10 The Lifelong Activism of Suffragist Alice Paul, New Jersey Monthly

Aug. 14 Whitney Houston, Meryl Streep and Queen Latifah among inspiring women from New Jersey, Gannett

OKLAHOMA

Aug. 8 This Land is Herland Programs to Examine Oklahoma Women's Activism from 1870s-2010s, Woodward News

SOUTH CAROLINA

Aug. 12 Sheila Haney writes book about League of Women Voters in South Carolina, SC Now

Aug. 13 Commentary: Keep the light on inequality between men and women, Charleston Post Courier

UTAH

Aug. 12 Gubernatorial candidate challenges lawmakers to ratify ERA, Cache Valley Daily

VIRGINIA

Aug. 7 3 binge-worthy TV shows you need to stream immediately, Metro Weekly

Aug. 11 Vienna exhibition looks back, forward on women's rights, Inside NoVa

Aug. 12 'These Things Can Be Done', Richmond Magazine

OBITUARY

Aug. 9 Alta Bragg, Leader-Telegram

Alice Paul InstituteAugust 14, 2020

ERA in the News: AUGUST 1-7, 2020

NATIONAL

July 31 How Women's Suffrage Changed America Far Beyond the Ballot Box, Wall Street Journal

July 31 You've Seen 'Mrs. America' --Now Hear the Real Story, Law.com

July 31 How White Nationalists Weaponize Motherhood, The Cut

Aug. 4 The spread of COVID-19 in the South shows the risks of anti-intellectualism, Washington Post

Aug. 7 Can a Latina Girl Dream of Being President of the United States?, The New York Times

STATES

ARIZONA

Aug. 5 Q&A: Janice Friebaum talks history, suffrage, and the importance of voting, Jewish News of Greater Phoenix

CALIFORNIA

Aug. 5 Liberal policies, like California's, keep blue-state residents living longer, study finds, The Mercury News

Aug. 5 Do peaceful protests do any good? How about the more violent ones?, Palo Alto Online

FLORIDA

Aug. 1 How limited series actress became TV's fiercest Emmy category, Sun Port Charlotte

GEORGIA

Aug. 2 OPINION, Megan Botel: Women's suffrage history undercut no longer, Savannah Morning News

IOWA

Aug. 5 Corbin: Fight for women's rights is hard won and not done, Mason City Globe Gazette

MASSACHUSETTS

Aug. 6 Equal Rights Amendment Lawsuit Thrown Out by US Judge in Boston, Bloomberg Law

Aug. 8 Mass. ERA ratification lawsuit dismissed, Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly

MICHIGAN

Aug. 6 Jacques: Biden's 'women agenda' falls flat, The Detroit News

MONTANA

Aug. 4 Passage of Equal Rights Amendment long overdue, fThe Bozeman Daily Chronicle

NEW JERSEY

Aug. 2 Will Republican women, men stand against misogyny?, NJ.com

NEW MEXICO

July 31 Academy for Learning in Retirement schedules fall series online, Las Cruces Bulletin

NORTH DAKOTA

Aug. 5 Mike Jacobs: A growing split in the state's dominant party, Inforum

PENNSYLVANIA

July 31 How to watch the most talked about 2020 Emmy-nominated shows, Philly Voice

Aug. 3 Alice Paul, WHYY

SOUTH CAROLINA

Aug. 4 SC State Museum celebrates 100th anniversary of 19th Amendment with exhibit, ABC News 4

Aug. 4 Letters to the Editor: Seniors in nursing homes need visitors even during pandemic, Charleston Post Courier

Aug. 6 100 years of suffrage, U of SC

VIRGINIA

Aug. 5 Running for governor: Jennifer McClellan wants to hear your perspective, C-Ville Weekly

OPPOSITION

July 31 Joe Biden's Costly, Radical Race and Gender Agenda, National Review

Aug. 1 Mrs America's 'catfight theory' is denounced for trivialising women, The Times

Aug. 7 The Week, National Review

Alice Paul InstituteAugust 7, 2020

ERA in the News: JULY 25-31, 2020

INTERNATIONAL

July 24 LETTER: Ameliorating the blight of racism, Chilliwack Progress

July 25 Mrs. America: Come for the Politics, Stay for the Costumes, MSN UK

July 27 Emmy Nominations 2020 Predictions, International Business Times

NATIONAL

July 25 Jesus and John Wayne exposes militant masculinity in the age of Trump, Baptist News Global

July 25 For All Mankind introduces its own space force in first season 2 teaser, The A.V. Club

July 26 Feminist Activist Bella Abzug Paved the Way for Women Politicians, Teen Vogue

July 26 Why it is time to change our profession for the better, Vet Candy

July 26 Rebecca Seawright Was Walking to Re-Election. Now She's Fighting to Get on the Ballot, Wall Street Journal

July 26 Renewable Roundup: Whatever it is, it's time, Red, Green, and Blu

July 28 Sen. Mike Lee attacks NCAA President for supporting trans athletes, Outsports

July 28 With His 'Women's Agenda,' Joe Biden Acknowledges That Most Issues Are in Fact Women's Issues, Glamour

July 28 Crime and Mystery Authors Fight Voter Suppression, Benzinga

July 28 Mrs America's Uzo Aduba: 'It's Worth Examining the Shortcomings of our Feminist Heroes', TechToday19

July 28What the 'Wall Of Moms' Protests Say About Motherhood, Race In America, NPR

July 30 'Where are the women?': The centennial of the 19th Amendment and rewriting women's history, USA Today

July 30 Dadding Through The Revolution, The Good Men

July 31 Amara J. Brady, Julie Pinero, and Azza Fatima Invite You Into Their Artistic Process, Playbill

STATE NEWS

ALABAMA

July 29 Television's fiercest category, Opelika Auburn News

CALIFORNIA

July 24 Director Amma Asante Discusses Hulu Series "Mrs. America", PBS SoCal

July 28 Emmys 2020, Los Angeles Times

July 29 Emmys 2020: How the women of 'Mrs America' celebrated their nominations, Los Angeles Times

July 30 Steinem and Smeal: Why "Mrs. America" is bad for American women, Los Angeles Times

IOWA

July 26 Letter: McCombie's record, Quad City Times

July 30 LETTER: Support Equal Rights Amendment, Sioux City Journal

MAINE

July 26 Maine Suffrage Centennial: Women's fight for equal rights continues today, Press Herald

July 31 Magnan for Maine House, The Ellsworth American

MASSACHUSETTS

July 30 A century later, the women's suffrage movement offers a timely lesson on how to win through escalation, Waging Nonviolence

MICHIGAN

July 28 11 surprise Emmy nominees could steal the awards show, Detroit Free Press

MINNESOTA

July 28 Mrs. America Merges Historical Spectacle with Intimate Drama, Twin Cities Geek

July 29 House candidate pledges to be a leader, Monticello Times

MONTANA

July 29 A history of the Equal Rights Amendment, Helena Independent Record

NEW JERSEY

July 27 COMMENTARY: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and the female political voice, New Jersey Hills

PENNSYLVANIA

July 29 Emmys 2020: Netflix scores record 160 nominations, The Times Herald

SOUTH DAKOTA

July 24 30 years of Americans with Disabilities Act, Brookings Register

TENNESSEE

July 29 'Watchmen,' HBO's dystopian epic, leads pack of nominees for 72nd Emmy Awards, WRCB-TV

VIRGINIA

July 28 Exhibit to celebrate roles women in Amherst have played for past century, Lynchburg News and Advance

June 28 Opinion: Ambition to serve should be honored in everyone, not just men, Inside NoVa

July 31 Fairfax supervisors salute suffrage, but not without a brief tussle, Inside NoVa

WISCONSIN

July 28 Menomonie celebrates 100th anniversary of women's suffrage, Chippewa Herald

July 30 Events to be held celebrating 100 years of the 19th Amendment, Chippewa Herald

OPPOSITION

July 24 Mrs America and the myth of the American left, TheArticle

Alice Paul InstituteJuly 31, 2020

ERA in the News: JULY 18-24, 2020

INTERNATIONAL

July 17 'She was able to spell out the homemakers' big fear... that their world, their lives, were going to be...', Belfast Telegraph

July 17 Is Mrs America based on a true story? Real life events that inspired new BBC series, Mirror

July 18 Mrs America: The key players portrayed in the BBC drama about Women's Liberation, The Independent

July 18 How the first black woman to run for US presidency Shirley Chisholm declared, Daily Mail

July 22 Trans activists risk falling for misogyny, Spectator

NATIONAL

July 17 Weekend Reading: Post-COVID, What Kind of World Do We Want for Women?, Ms. Magazine

July 20 The right is dominating Facebook engagement on content about trans issues, Media Matters for America

July 23 ERA Ratification Suits Draw Wide Support and Pointed Opposition, Bloomberg Law

July 23 Is Hollywood Too Soft on Conservative Women?, Vanity Fair

July 24 The women who asked 'why not?', Jewish Chronicle

NATIONAL

ALASKA

July 18 League of Women Voters urges adoption of Equal Rights Amendment, Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

CONNECTICUT

July 22 Votes for Women Ridgefield Partner Programs for August and September, Hamlet Hub

DELAWARE

July 22 Building Bridges: Women's March in Sussex going strong, Delaware State News

FLORIDA

July 20 Federal lawsuit over Equal Rights Amendment draws new allies and foes, Florida Phoenix

ILLINOIS

July 21 'In a perfectly just republic,' Bella Abzug--born a century ago-- would have been president, The Edwardsville Intelligencer

MICHIGAN

July 21 Chippewa Valley Celebrates 100 Years of Women's Suffrage, Volume One

NEW YORK

July 20 Seneca Falls celebrates historic moments in the fight for women's rights, WXXI News

July 20 Katrina's Dream Founder to Make Pilgrimage Calling on Congress to Remove ERA Deadline, PR Newswire

July 24 Bella Abzug, now more than ever: Build a statue in her honor, New York Daily News

PENNSYLVANIA

July 21 There's Work To Be Done On Gender Equality, Study Finds, The Pennsylvania Capital-Star

July 23 From a NJ madman to Congress and Fox News, America needs a reckoning on hate toward women, The Philadelphia Inquirer

SOUTH CAROLINA

July 19 Hilton Head Mayor John McCann wrong on police protection, Hilton Head Island Packet

July 20 Letters to the Editor: Private schools offer alternative to failing public schools, Charleston Post Courier

July 23 Suffrage sisters-Remembering the pioneers who helped push for women's voting rights, Charleston Post Courier

TEXAS

July 20 Voting Third Party is the Political Equivalent of Sending Thoughts and Prayers, Houston Press

July 24 What are political parties' platforms-and do they matter?, Beaumont Enterprise

VIRGINIA

July 18 BREAKING: Virginia Republicans Nominate Far-Right Extremist Nick Freitas in VA-7, Blue Virginia

WISCONSIN

July 17 A woman's place, Isthmus

OPPOSITION

July 18 Ginsburg Says She Can Still Do Supreme Court Job Despite Cancer Recurrence, The New American

July 22 How Mrs America's son is flying the conservative flag--and fighting Wikipedia's 'liberal lies', Telegraph

Alice Paul InstituteJuly 24, 2020

ERA in the News: JULY 3-10, 2020

VIDEO TOURS HIGHLIGHT ERA

The Alice Paul Institute has released three new installments of their video tour series of Paulsdale, Alice Paul's childhood home in New Jersey. As the author of the Equal Rights Amendment and a key figure in the ratification of the 19th Amendment, Alice Paul's legacy as a lifelong equal rights activist is the focus of these short video tours. Here are three tour installments that highlight the Equal Rights Amendment.

VIEW VIDEOS

INTERNATIONAL

July 3 In an era of culture wars, Mrs. America couldn't be more timely, iNews

July 3 Cate Blanchett takes on feminism as Phyllis Schlafly in Mrs. America, Financial Times

July 5 Summer 2020 culture highlights: the biggest releases this season, MSN UK

July 6 How Cate Blanchett related to her right-wing character in Mrs. America, News.com.au

July 8 Mrs. America: Cate Blanchett's BBC drama is all about the IRL "villain" who inspired Serena Joy, Stylist Magazine

July 8 Who was Shirley Chisholm? The inspiring true story of the first Black woman to run for a Presidential nomination, ES Insider

July 9 Fans all saying the same thing about new drama Mrs. America, HELLO!

July 9 Mrs. America: Cate Blanchett and Rose Byrne light up the screen, Irish Times

NATIONAL

July 7 What Made Lucretia Mott One of the Fiercest Opponents of Slavery and Sexism, Smithsonian

July 7 1 in 4 men think women's equality has come at their expense, Fortune

July 7 Listen: Uzo Aduba on Playing Political Pioneer Shirley Chisholm in "Mrs. America", Variety

July 8 10 Fierce Facts About Bella Abzug, Mental Floss

July 9 The Supreme Court Birth Control Decision Is Really About Reproductive Control, Teen Vogue

STATES

ALASKA

July 4 It's time to enact the Equal Rights Amendment, Anchorage Daily News

COLORADO

July 7 Tuesday letters: Truth in US history, living with coronavirus, and all lives matter, Glenwood Springs Post Independent

July 8 We need to teach the truth of US history, Aspen Times

CONNECTICUT

July 4 Sexy Socialism, The Yale Politic

July 9 Youth is not falling for Trump's appeal to white America, The CT Mirror

GEORGIA

July 4 ARMSTRONG-REINER: The work of patriotism goes on, Rockdale Newton-Citizen

July 8 OPINION, Editorial: Jimmy, Rosalyn Carter remain iconic Georgia couple, Savannah Morning News

IDAHO

July 9 Governor Steve Bullock files amicus brief in support lawsuit seeking to adopt Equal Rights Amendment, KHQ Right Now

ILLINOIS

July 4 Alice Paul and the 1913 Women's Suffrage Procession, Freeport Journal-Standard

July 6 Raoul asks federal judge to force recognition of Equal Rights Amendments ratification, Daily News

IOWA

July 7 Guest Column: It's time for Congress to pass ERA, Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier

July 7 Commentary: Here's why we need the Equal Rights Amendment, Mason City Globe Gazette

July 7 Letter: when exactly will women count?, Muscatine Journal

July 8 Smithsonian exhibit launches Midwest tour of 'Voices and Votes: Democracy in America', The Gazette

July 9 GUEST OPINION: Equal Rights Amendment-it's about time, Cedar Valley Daily Times

KANSAS

July 4 Gov. Kelly fights for Equal Rights Amendment to be 28th Constitutional Amendment, WIBW

MAINE

July 10 Report highlights challenges facing Maine women, WMTW Portland

MASSACHUSETTS

July 3 What's up with the Equal Rights Amendment?, The Recorder

July 7 Five things you need to know today, and what to put on your watchlist right now, Boston Business Journal

MICHIGAN

July 7 Attorney General files brief in Equal Rights Amendment case, WILX-TV

July 7 Nessel files brief in women's rights case, pays homage to Griffiths, the 'mother of the ERA', Michigan Advance

July 8 Column: A move toward equality, The Morning Sun

MINNESOTA

July 9 Iowa organizations seeking passage of Equal Rights Amendment, SouthernMinn.com

MONTANA

July 3 Hope on the Fourth: Nation, Montana have survived, risen from worse, The Bozeman Daily Chronicle

July 9 Amicus Br. of Gov. of Montana in Supp. of Ps, KHQ Right Now

NEW YORK

July 3 'The Vote' observes 100 years of suffrage, Times Herald-Record

July 9 Celebrating 100 Years of Women's Right to Vote, Rockland County Times

OHIO

July 7 Oberlin Council takes a stance on the ERA, declares racism a health crisis, Chronicle Telegram

TEXAS

July 5 Tune in Tonight for July 6, Waco Tribune-Herald

UTAH

July 4 New podcast tells Utah women's stories from past, present, Salt Lake Tribune

WASHINGTON

July 5 Pondering meaning of symbols to each of us, Walla Walla Union-Bulletin

Alice Paul InstituteJuly 10, 2020

ERA in the News: JUNE 27 - JULY 2, 2020

50+ WOMEN'S AND SOCIAL JUSTICE ORGANIZATIONS SIGN AMICUS BRIEF IN LAWSUIT TO RATIFY THE EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT

On July 1, 2020, the Chicago law firm Winston & Strawn filed the Women's Movement amicus brief in support of the the lawsuit brought against the U.S. Archivist by the Attorneys General of Illinois, Nevada, and Virginia in support of the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment. The brief asks the court to hold that the original time limit cannot stop the ERA's ratification now that it has met the requirements for amendment to the United States Constitution.

With the strong leadership of Linda Coberly, the firm's Managing Partner Chair of the Appellate and Critical Motions Practice, the amicus brief was filed on behalf of the ERA Coalition, of which Coberly also serves as Chair of the coalition’s Legal Task Force. Coberly's dedication resulted in the signing of the brief by 52 women's and social justice organizations. A full list of the organizations is below.

“Winston & Strawn is thrilled to be presenting a brief on behalf of such a diverse and powerful group of organizations that fight for equality every day,” said Coberly in a press release from the firm. “Winston has been a proud advocate of the ERA for several years, beginning with the successful effort for ratification in Illinois. We’ve since been honored to support the national movement, and we are committed to leveraging our resources through to final adoption.”

Filed in late January 2020, the AG's lawsuit is intended to legally compel U.S. Archivist David Ferriero to publish Virginia's ratification of the ERA earlier that month. That same month, just days after Virginia's historic vote to become the 38th, and final necessary state, to ratify the ERA. Just days later, the House of Representatives voted to pass H.J. RES 79 which officially removed the time limit stated in the ERA's preamble. The U.S. Senate has yet to hold hearings or hold a floor vote for SJ RES 6, which is seen by legal scholars as the final barrier to the ERA's addition to the U.S. Constitution.

We will continue to monitor developments of the lawsuit and report developments as they emerge.

READ THE BRIEF

Full list of co-signers of the Women’s Movement Amicus Brief:

Alice Paul Institute (API)

American Association of University Women (AAUW)

Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA-CWA)

Arizona NOW

Black Women’s Roundtable (BWR)

Dolores Huerta Foundation

Domestic Violence Legal Empowerment and Appeals Project (DV LEAP)

Downtown Women for Change

Equal Rights Amendment North Carolina Alliance (ERA-NC Alliance)

Equality Utah

ERA Coalition

ERA Minnesota

ERA Task Force AZ

Feminist Majority Foundation

Fund for Women’s Equality (FFWE)

Gender Justice

General Federation of Women’s Clubs (GFWC)

Hadassah, the Women’s Zionist Organization of America, Inc.

Justice Revival

League of Women Voters of the United States

Legal Momentum

Michigan Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs, Inc.

Michigan ERAmerica

Mormons for ERA

National Alliance to End Sexual Violence (NAESV)

National Association of Commissions for Women (NACW)

National Association of Social Workers (NASW)

National Association of Women Lawyers (NAWL)

National Congress of Black Women, Inc.

National Council of Jewish Women, Inc.

National Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs

National Immigrant Women’s Advocacy Project, Inc. (NIWAP)

National Organization for Women (NOW)

National Women’s Political Caucus (NWPC)

National Women’s Political Caucus Foundation

Oklahoma Women’s Coalition

Project 28 MO

Rethinking Eve LLC

Service Women’s Action Network (SWAN)

Sisters of Loretto - Loretto Community

Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet Area

TIME’S UP Foundation

Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York

United 4 Equality, LLC

Utah ERA Coalition

Voto Latino

Women’s Equality Coalition

Women’s Health and Reproductive Rights

Women’s Law Project (WLP)

Women Lawyers on Guard Inc. (WLG)

Women’s Media Center

YWCA USA

UPDATES ON S.J. RES 6 IN THE U.S. SENATE

We 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.

See the "CALL TO ACTION" section to see how you can join the letter-writing campaign to U.S. Senators, urging them to sign on in support.

INTERNATIONAL

June 28 Mrs. America TV Review, Perth Now

NATIONAL

June 28 Bridesmaids star Rose Byrne on her double helping of political movies, BBC News

June 28 Kind Lights Up New York Skyline to Commemorate Pride's 50th Anniversary, Ad Week

June 29 The Supreme Court Delivered a Surprise Win on Abortion Rights. Here's Why It's Not Enough, TIME

June 29 Paul, Weiss Advises on Amicus Brief in Support of Equal Rights Amendment, Paul & Weiss

June 30 Why Apple, Google, and 91 other companies are now voicing support for the Equal Rights Amendment, Fortune

June 30 BAM Joins Corporate Coalition Urging Certification of Equal Rights Amendment, Business Wire

June 30 How Women in Big Law are Stepping Into the Court Fight Over the Equal Rights Amendment, Law.com

July 1 Dear Supreme Court: Shouldn't the ERA Be Next?, Women's eNews

July 1 It's time to focus on the state of healthcare for Black women, Fortune

July 2 How the Cast of Mrs. America Compares to the Real People, Refinery 29

July 3 Large businesses have come out in support of the ERA--including some with sexist histories, Quartz

July 3 Can the 'Spirit of 1776' heal our nation in 2020?, The Hill

STATES

CONNECTICUT

July 2 NY and CT attorneys general push for Equal Rights Amendment ratification, Westfair Online

FLORIDA

June 30 Conference of Mayors joins fight to implement Equal Rights Amendment, Florida Phoenix

GEORGIA

July 1 Winston & Strawn Files Amicus Brief to Support Adoption of Equal Rights Amendment, Cherokee Tribune Ledger News

ILLINOIS

June 29 Raoul Files Brief to Add ERA As 28th Amendment, WLDS-WEAI

July 1 Rauol asks federal judge to force recognition of Equal Rights Amendment's ratification, Bureau County Republican

*This article appeared in several Illinois publications after July 1

KANSAS

June 30 Equal Rights Amendment Update, Fort Scott Biz

MARYLAND

July 3 Virtual Chautauqua, Class Registration Workshops and Transfer Thursday, The Southern Maryland Chronicle

MASSACHUSETTS

July 1 Mass. case one of two seeking ratification of Equal Rights Amendment, Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly

MONTANA

June 28 Pandemic accents need for Equal Rights Amendment, Bozeman Daily Chronicle

July 2 Equal Rights Amendment Is Almost Law, Char-Koosta News

NEVADA

June 29 Datebook, Elko Daily Free Press

NEW YORK

June 27 Monument of women's rights pioneers coming to Central Park this summer, New York Post

June 28 Gay in Trumpland, City & State

June 30 Attorney General James Leads Coalition Fighting for Recognition of Equal Rights Amendment, EIN News

July 1 AG James joins amicus brief supporting passage of Equal Rights Amendment, Brooklyn Daily Eagly

NORTH CAROLINA

July 2 Opinion, New Bern Sun Journal

OHIO

June 29 Today in History, Logan Daily News

PENNSYLVANIA

June 29 Two for the price of one: Pair of proposed amendments to state constitution head to Pa. house, PA Post

June 30 Working Together Beyond the Vote, County Lines Magazine

VIRGINIA

June 29 Virginia House Democrats Prioritize Virginia's Clean Energy Future, Blue Virginia

June 29 AG Mark Herring Continues to Fight to Recognize ERA as Part of US Constitution, Blue Virginia

June 29 Herring files legal brief in state fight with Trump over ERA, Augusta Free Press

July 3 Letters to the editor for July 3, 2020, Lynchburg News and Advance

OPPOSITION

June 29 The "Women's Vote" Never Existed, The New Republic

SJ RES 6 TO REMOVE THE TIME LIMIT

The Alice Paul Institute is working to amplify the ERA Coalition's efforts to advance S.J. Res 6 in the U.S. Senate. This bill will remove the time line assigned to the Equal Rights Amendment in 1972. We urgently encourage constituents to contact their Senator, with a special focus on the senators listed below, to request their support for the bill.

To see if your Senator has signed on as a co-sponsor, click HERE .

Note: This list was updated 4/29/2020.

The ERA Coalition is asking for our support to increase pressure on U.S. Senators to advance SJ Res 6 , the legislation that will remove the original deadline from the ERA. Introduced by Sen. Ben Cardin (MD), more co-sponsors are needed to advance the bill.

The following Senators have been selected for focused attention. If you are in these states, please call and email the office contacts (info below). Please also share with your friends, family, and colleagues who live in these states so they can join you in advocating their Senators to sign onto the bill as co-sponsors.

ALASKA:

Sen. Dan Sulllivan (R)

(202) 224-3004

David Pigue

david_pigue@sullivan.senate.gov

ARIZONA:

Sen. Martha McSally (R)

(202) 224-2235

Pace McMullan

pace_mcmullan@mcsally.senate.gov

COLORADO:

Sen. Cory Gardner (R)

(202) 224-5941

Brian Wanamaker

brian_wanamaker@gardner.senate.gov

IOWA:

Sen. Joni Ernst (R)

(202) 224-3254

Grace Galvin

grace_galvin@ernst.senate.gov

Sen. Chuck Grassley (R)

(202) 224-3744

Evelyn Fortier

evelyn_fortier@judiciary-rep.senate.gov

NORTH CAROLINA:

Sen. Richard Burr (R)

(202) 224-3154

Ann Woods Hawks

ann_hawks@burr.senate.gov

Sen. Thom Tillis (R)

(202) 224-6342

Brad Watts

brad_watts@tillis.senate.gov

OHIO:

Sen. Rob Portman (R)

(202) 224-4254

Megan Harrington

megan_harrington@portman.senate.gov

PENNSYLVANIA:

Sen. Pat Toomey (R)

(202) 224-3354

Kerry Hunt

kerry_hunt@toomey.senate.gov

UTAH:

Sen. Mitt Romney (R)

(202) 224-5251

Chris Barkley

chris_barkley@romney.senate.gov

WEST VIRGINIA:

Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R)

(202) 224-6472

Adam Tomlinson adam_tomlinson@capito.senate.gov

The ERA Coalition has crafted a sample script (below) for you to use when you write or email your U.S. Senators. Please edit/adapt at you wish.

Dear Senator _____________,

Thank you for your work to ensure the health and safety of all Americans during this health crisis and your particular attention paid to the economy and workers in our country. As you return to attending to many issues of importance, along with continued efforts with the Coronavirus pandemic, we ask that you remember the equal rights of women in our country.

As a [member of INSERT ORG and/or resident and voter in INSERT STATE], I am writing to urge you to co-sponsor and support SJ Res 6, the bill to remove the deadline from the 1972 Equal Rights Amendment (ERA). The bipartisan bill was introduced by co-lead sponsors Senator Ben Cardin (MD) and Senator Lisa Murkowski (AK). The House companion bill, HJ Res 79, was passed with bipartisan support on February 13, 2020. It is now up to the Senate to be on the right side of history, as we celebrate the centennial of women’s suffrage.

Polling conducted by the ERA Coalition shows that equality is something we can all agree on. Their research found that 94% of respondents would support an amendment to the Constitution to guarantee equality for women and men, including 99% of millennials! Near-universal support crosses party lines, reaffirming the bipartisan history of the ERA.

Drafted by Alice Paul, the ERA was first introduced nearly 100 years ago in 1923. The ERA was passed through both houses of Congress in 1972, but fell just three states short of ratification when the time limit expired in 1982. However, with renewed momentum, Nevada became the 36th state to ratify in 2017 and Illinois quickly followed to become the 37th in 2018. In January 2020, Virginia became the 38th, reaching the threshold set by Article V of the Constitution, which provides that an amendment is effective when ratified by three-quarters of the states. It is past time for the U.S. Constitution to explicitly protect women from discrimination, and Congress has the opportunity to remove any ambiguity surrounding the ERA’s ratification.

I hope that you, Senator [INSERT LAST NAME] will join the bipartisan group of 48 Senators, including Senators Cardin, Murkowski, Collins and King who have cosponsored this legislation. Your support will put us closer to a mark-up and vote on SJ Res 6 and affirm your dedication to promoting an equal future for the women and girls of this country. To sign on or request more information, please contact Juan Urcia in Senator Cardin’s office, Juan_Urcia@cardin.senate.gov, or Garrett Boyle in Senator Murkowski’s office, Garrett_Boyle@murkowski.senate.gov.

Thank you for your consideration.

Sincerely,

[insert your name]

Alice Paul InstituteJuly 3, 2020

ERA in the News: June 13-, 2020

HISTORIC SUPREME COURT DECISION ON SEX DISCRIMINATION

This past Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court made a historic ruling in their decision for Bostock v. Clayton County , citing that the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects gay, lesbian, and transgender employees from discrimination based upon their sex. In the 6-3 ruling, for which Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote the 33-page majority opinion, the court declared employment discrimination based on sex illegal.

"It is impossible to discriminate against a person for being homosexual or transgender without discriminating ... based on sex," Gorsuch wrote.

This landmark ruling is a significant advancement in securing federally protected legal equality for GLBTQIA+ citizens. Gorsuch was joined by Chief Justice John Roberts in his opinion. You can read their opinions, and those of dissenting Justices Samuel Alito and Brett Kavanaugh, HERE.

And, click HERE to download the " Equality Is A Human Right " social media square above!

ERA & WOMEN OF COLOR: VIRTUAL TOWN HALL

This past Thursday, the ERA Coalition hosted another phenomenal virtual town hall event. This week's event examined the impact of the Equal Rights Amendment on the lives of women and girls of color.

Moderator Carol Jenkins, co-President and CEO of the ERA Coalition/Fund for Women’s Equality, began the event with the image at left to highlight the leadership by women of color in the nearly 100-year fight for the Equal Rights Amendment.

The robust conversation spoke directly to the current social justice protests happening across the country due to police brutality, and offered insight and opportunity on how each of us whom believe in "Equality for All" can contribute to the movement to end systemic racism.

The dynamic panel included:

Delegate Jennifer Carroll-Foy - Representative in Virginia's state legislature
Jamia Wilson - Executive Director and publisher of the Feminist Press
Soraya Chemaly - author of Rage Becomes Her: The Power of Women’s Anger
Ilyasah Shabazz - educator, activist, motivational speaker, and author of four award-winning publications
Ashley Sawye - Director of Policy and Government Relations at Girls for Gender Equity
S. Mona Sinha - Co-founder of Raising Change, and ERA Coalition Board Member

Definitely make time to watch and share the recording of this powerful and engaging conversation.

UPDATES ON S.J. RES 6 IN THE U.S. SENATE

We 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

June 13 Are the times a-changin' once again?, Philippine Star

NATIONAL

June 12 The ERA and the Dynamic of Deafness, The American Prospect

June 12 'Mrs. America' Creator Dahvi Waller On The Fight For The ERA And Why The Time Has Come For, Deadline

June 12 Anne Cori Says Mother Phyllis Schlafly Was The Ultimate Advocate of Women's Rights, Curve

June 14 From civil rights to no nukes: A look at historic US protest photos, Sight Magazine

June 15 The triumph of textualism, SCOTUS Blog

June 18 The Scope of Bostock vs. Clayton County's Contribution to LGBTQ Rights Is Not as Broad as You Might Think, VERDICT

June 19 Academic societies' role in curbing police brutality, Science Magazine

June 19 AFI Movie Club: Sisters of '77, American Film Magazine

STATE NEWS

CALIFORNIA

June 12 Angela Hoxey, House in Order: Planning in place, Napa Valley Register

June 13 Valerie Schultz: Is the ERA dead?, The Bakersfield Californian

June 14 Do Lose Friends over Politics, LA Progressive

June 18 J.K. Rowling and the curse of bathroom politics, Los Angeles Times

June 18 Friday's Letters to the Editor, Santa Rosa Press Democrat

CONNECTICUT

June 17 Greenwich Historical Society's 'Woman's Suffrage Centennial' exhibit reopens, Greenwich Time

DELAWARE

June 16 Delaware Senate passes historic equal rights amendment, WMDT

June 16 Delaware Senate unanimously passes 1st leg of constitutional amendment, WDEL 1150 AM

FLORIDA

June 15 Meet Joshua Hicks, a Democrat running for House District 11, Florida Politics

GEORGIA

June 12 Local artwork featured on FX series "Mrs. America", WSAV-TV

IOWA

June 18 Column: It's about time for the ERA, Quad City Times

NEW YORK

June 17 Stacey Abrams, Mail-in Voting Concerns, 'Long Gone Summer', Sports Update, Pride Event Picks, WNYC

VIRGINIA

June 18 Democrat McClellan announces bid to be Virginia governor, Martinsville Bulletin

June 18 Richmond Sen. Jennifer McClellan launches campaign for Virginia Governor, WTKR

June 18 Graduates get their day, Fluvanna Review

OPPOSITION

June 18 The Power of Conservative Nostalgia, Commonweal Magazine

Alice Paul InstituteJune 19, 2020

ERA in the News: JUNE 6-12, 2020

ERA COALiTION VIRTUAL TOWN HALL

Women of Color & the ERA

The ERA Coalition is continuing their vibrant series of a virtual town hall events to inform and raise awareness of the Equal Rights Amendment. Join the conversation on Thursday, June 18, 2020 at 5pm EST examining the impact of the Equal Rights Amendment on the lives of women and girls of color. Register today!

register

On Wednesday, members of the Delaware Legislative Black Caucus introduced the Justice for All Agenda and state Senate Bill 191 , which is designed to amend Article 1 of the Delaware constitution relating to equal rights. The legislation will add race, color and national origin to the protections of equal rights.

“With the passage of the Equal Rights Amendment ,the Justice for All Agenda would not only address discrimination but help us prioritize policies impacting communities of color,” said State Sen. Darius Brown, a Democrat representing Delaware’s 2nd District.

The move comes as the nation experiences a groundswell of activism in the fight for racial and social justice. If passed, SB 191 will ensure legal protections against discrimination based on sex, race, color, or national origin. Click HERE to watch the news segment.

Flo Kennedy on Say Brother.jpg — ‘SAY BROTHER’

**Black Women and the ERA**

This past week, Jessica Laus, a community organizer and member of the Advocacy Committee of the Alice Paul Institute, shared with the committee a 1976 recording of Say Brother, one of the longest-running public affairs talk-shows for and about African Americans. Produced by WGBH (Boston), in this episode, entitled " Black Women and the ERA," host Leah Fletcher focuses on the Equal Rights Amendment as it relates to minority women at both the state and federal level. A range of guests, including Flo Kennedy, founder of the National Feminist Party, speaks about racism present within the fight for the Equal Rights Amendment.

The 1-hour recording provides vital insight into how women of color viewed the ways in which the ERA would impact them in their fight against gender and race discrimination. It also speaks to the impressions held by women of color regarding the level of intersectionality extended to them by white upper-class women within the movement in the late 1970s. Definitely worth our time to watch, listen, and reflect.

WATCH VIDEO

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. View the full resolution HERE .

Co-Sponsors = 48 (same last week)

INTERNATIONAL

June 8 BBC Two Releases Trailer for 'Mrs. America', TV Wise

June 9 It's a struggle juggling work, kids, feminism... and a hubby who gave me a vacuum cleaner as a gift , The Sun

NATIONAL

June 5 Cate Blanchett Keen to Play Donald Trump , Ace Showbiz

June 5 How 'Mrs. America' Producer Stacey Sher Assembled Cast with Help from Cate Blanchett , News Lagoon

June 7 Mrs. America: Which Hulu Character Are You Based on Your Zodiac? , Screen Rant

June 9 'Mrs. America': THe little stories within the big feminist movemen t, The News Minute

June 11 From civil rights to no nukes: A look at historic protest photos , Relgion News Service

STATE NEWS

ARIZONA

June 5 'Mrs. America' shows how art can bridge our nation's cultural, partisan divisions , AZ Central

June 8 Marilyn Heins: An open letter to my grandson on fear in the face of racism, disease , Arizona Daily Star

June 11 Review: 'Mrs. America' unpacks historic Equal Rights Amendment push , Arizona Daily Sun

COLORADO

June 12 Our view: Endorsement in Dems' US House primary , The Durango Herald

CONNECTICUT

June 7 19 facts about the 19th Amendment on its 100th anniversary , The Hour

DELAWARE

June 10 Delaware Legislative Black Caucus unveils Justice for All Agenda , WMDT 47

*this article appeared in several news circuits*

FLORIDA

June 9 South Florida Political Icon Gwen Margolis Dies At 85 , CBS Miami

June 11 Gwen Margolis, First Female President of Florida Senate, Dies at 85 , WUSF News

ILLINOIS

June 7 Flick: As Peoria and Bloomington play it out in the national TV limelight , Bloomington Pantagraph

IOWA

June 8 Letter: ERA , Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier

June 9 Letter: Really? The Equal Rights Amendment has still not been passed? , Iowa State Daily

June 9 Letter: Urge Iowa's senators to help get the ERA passed , Ames Tribune

MICHIGAN

June 5 Elaine Weiss Live at National Writers Series Virtual Event , MyNorth.com

MINNESOTA

June 8 DFL Party Resolutions that were passed at the level of the 2020 DFP Party State Convention , Red Lake Nation News

June 10 Lafayette Park near White House: A soapbox for social unrest , Minneapolis Star Tribune

*this article appeared across several state's news sources and is reflected in our map

MONTANA

June 7 COVID-19 underscores need for Equal Rights Amendment, Missoulian

NEW YORK

June 9 Letter to the Editor: Why I, A Progressive, Support David Carlucci for Congress , River Journal Staff

June 11 Rep. Carolyn Malone Running for Reelection Against Three Challengers to Her Political Left, Spectrum News NY1

NORTH CAROLINA

June 8 What will it take for progressives to win the South in Novembe r, Scalawag Magazine

SOUTH CAROLINA

June 6 Karin Sisk: Getting out the vote and working for equality, Aiken Standard

UTAH

June 11 Gay Lynn Bennion: The Women's State Legislative Council: 100 years of empowering women , Salt Lake Tribune

WASHINGTON

June 9 Black Lives Matter group sues over violent Seattle police tactics, King 5

OBITUARIES

June 7 Audrey W. MD MPH Mertz , Legacy

June 7 Marlene Ann Cummings , Madison

June 10 Florida's first woman Senate president, Gwen Margolis, dies at 85 , Miami Herald

OPPOSITION

June 11 Letter:A flawed president? Let's remember the ways... , Chico Enterprise Record

June 12 Review: 'Mrs America' draws a faint line from women in Churches of Christ to Equal Rights Amendment fray, Christian Chronicle

Alice Paul InstituteJune 12, 2020

ERA in the News: MAY 30 - JUNE 5, 2020

Across the nation, we are bearing witness to an emotional rawness and swell of civic activism that reveals the intensity of the work we must continue to dedicate ourselves so that we can, unequivocally, ensure that all people are truly equal in our country.

The staff, board of directors, and members of the Alice Paul Institute's Advocacy Committee mourn the deaths of Americans during incidents with law enforcement. Through our grief, we remain ever focused on doing the work—every single day of every week—to create the positive social change mandatory for our democracy to work for all people, equally.

The vision statement of the Alice Paul Institute includes the words " Equality for All ." Three simple, but infinitely powerful words that now, more than ever, inspire and guide us as we bear down on our commitment to fight for equality. Join us.

The ERA Coalition is continuing their vibrant series of a virtual town hall events to inform and raise awareness of the Equal Rights Amendment. Register today to join the conversation on Thursday, June 18, 2020 and speak to the impact of the Equal Rights Amendment on the lives of women and girls of color.

REGISTER

On Thursday, June 4, 2020, Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), delivered a compelling address about Equality on the Senate floor. Originally scheduled to speak in recognition of the anniversary of the day's events— in 1919 when the U.S. Congress passed the 19th Amendment and sent it to the states for approval—Murkowski's address reflected the heartbreaking events of recent days.

Speaking on the same day as the memorial service for George Floyd, the man killed at the hands of police in Minneapolis, and directly following a robust and passionate debate over a proposed amendment to an anti-lynching bill , Murkowski recognized the long path ahead of this nation to achieve equality for all. A co-lead sponsor of SJ Res 6 with Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD), the bill to remove the time limit on the Equal Rights Amendment, she spoke of the vital need to fully ratify the Equal Rights Amendment by passing the resolution to remove the time limit originally assigned to the ERA.

"The 100th anniversary of women's suffrage is a reminder of the progress that we've made as a nation, but we know that we have more to do, that inequities remain whether in the workforce, pay equality, and so continuing that work is a matter that we have not relaxed on," Sen. Murkowski said. "And that work, that work, Mr. President, includes getting the Equal Rights Amendment signed into law."

Senator Cardin, who was not able to speak on the floor with Murkowsi due to a scheduling conflict, released this statement in support of SJ Res 6: “We are proud to work together on a bipartisan basis to move this essential legislation over the finish line and finally make the ERA part of the Constitution — guaranteeing equality under the law for women. Women should not be held back or provided less opportunity, respect or protections under the law because of their gender. Gender equality should be an explicit, basic principle of our society. This is not a partisan issue but one of universal human rights.”

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NATIONAL NEWS

May 29 Is 'Mrs. America' the most feminist show on television right now?, America Magazine

May 29 Mrs. America's many brands of feminism, discussed and dissected , Vox

May 29 'Karens' try to make unequal power structures work for them , Washington Post

May 30 Performer of the Week: Hong Chau , TV Line

May 31 Margo Martindale Reflects on Career Success Later in Life: 'I Always Believed in Myself' , Closer Weekly

May 31 George Floyd: The Virus That Ails Us , LA Progressive

STATE NEWS

ALASKA

June 4 Sen. Murkowski rallies for the Equal Rights Amendment to be signed into law , KTUU

CALIFORNIA

June 2 'Mrs. America' centers on anti-feminist Phyllis Schlafly, Here's why , Los Angeles Times

FLORIDA

June 3 'If she was on your team, you were so lucky.' Miami women's rights activist, lawyer dies , Miami Herald

GEORGIA

June 2 Savannah artist chosen for Hulu's 'Mrs. America' , WSAV-TV

ILLINOIS

May 29 Chicago Attorney Kathryn L. Conway Becomes Youngest President in Women's Bar Association of Illinois History , Cherokee Tribune News Ledger

June 4 'A Moment of Disruption': Women Gained the Vote 100 Years Ago--as a Pandemic Raged , NBC Chicago

INDIANA

June 1 REVIEW: 'Mrs. America' considers '70s politics to explain the present , Indiana Student Daily

MONTANA

May 30 Guest view: Graybill vows to defend Montanan's rights , Montana Standard

NEW YORK

May 30 'Mrs. America' revisits feminist ERA battle with flare , Olean Times Herald

NORTH CAROLINA

May 29 Health care workers: Don't reopen NC while more are coming into hospitals, Raleigh News & Observer

OHIO

May 30 TV Review: 'Mrs. America' looks at the Equal Rights Amendment from an unpopular character, The Post

PENNSYLVANIA

May 31 19th Amendment had lasting impact on women's history , Observer-Reporter

TEXAS

May 29 Dallas Voice to host Danica Roem in virtual panel discussion at Texas Democratic Convention, Dallas Voice

UTAH

May 29 Relief Society played essential role in fight for women's suffrage , BYU's The Daily Universe

VIRGINIA

May 29 Virginia Becomes The 38th State To Ratify The Equal Rights Amendment So What Comes Next? , Women's Bar Association

June 3 The criminal justice reform agenda Virginia Democrats put off until 2021 , Virginia Mercury

WISCONSIN

May 30 An Ode to the Equal Rights Amendment , Milwaukee Courier Weekly Newspaper

OPPOSITION

June 1 Why Femininst Want Lana Del Rey And Phyllis Schlafly To Shut Up , The Federalist

Alice Paul InstituteJune 5, 2020

ERA in the NEWS: MAY 23-29, 2020

MRS. AMERICA FINAL EPISODE DROPS

The final episode of the Mrs. America mini-series dropped this past Wednesday. Co-produced by Cate Blanchett, who stars as anti-ERA activist Phyllis Shlafly, the series is a fictionalized portrayal of the fight to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment during the 1970s and 1980s.

This past week in an interview reported in The Guardian, feminist leader Gloria Steinem, who is played by the actress Rose Byrne in the series, called the show "ridiculous." She went on to say:

“For instance, there’s now a not very good series here called Mrs America and it gives you the impression that … Schlafly, who was a very religious and rightwing woman who opposed the equal rights amendment … it gives you the impression that she was the reason it was defeated.

In actuality, I don’t believe she changed one vote. Nobody could ever discover that she changed even one vote. The insurance industry here opposed the Equal Rights Amendment because if they stopped segregating their actuarial tables it would cost them millions upon millions of dollars .”

The Mrs. America mini-series has been fun and entertaining television to watch, yet we've come to realize that it does not adequately address the Equal Rights Amendment, its complex history, or what it will do for women and men in America once it is fully ratified to the U.S. Constitution. The script of the series is strong, the acting and costumes superb, and engaging storytelling through gorgeous cinematography, but the lack of clarity and focus on the powerful impact the ERA will have has been a disappointment.

In the coming weeks, the members of the ERA Advocacy Committee of the Alice Paul Institute will be designing, creating, and launching new content to address the void of information left by the Mrs. America series. We're putting together some dynamic Virtual "Meet-Ups" and have launched our ERA Storytellers Project to collect the stories of activists who were working to advance the ERA in the 1970s and 1980s (more info below). We are also designing more ready-to-post social media content to support your advocacy efforts. Keep an eye on this weekly newsletter and our social media streams for more announcements and releases. We've got some great content on the way soon!

SHARE YOUR ERA STORY

The Advocacy Committee of the Alice Paul Institute has launched 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.

SURVEY

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. View the full resolution HERE .

Co-Sponsors = 48 (same last week)

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

May 24 Rose Byrnes' feminist awakening , Queensland Times

May 24 Why Mrs America is the most important show on TV right now , Herald Sun

May 27 I'm a Feminist & I Hated Watching Hulu's 'Mrs. America.' Here's Why , Style Caster

NATIONAL NEWS

May 22 Gloria Steinem says TV drama of 1970s feminist history 'ridiculous' , The Guardian

May 22 Trump's hydroxychloroquine habit is the triumph of rightwing quackery , The Guardian

May 22 Power Struggle in Beauty Pageants: On 'Mrs. America' and 'Miss Americana' , PopMatters

May 24 Michael Moore: 'Biden Does Not Generate Necessary Enthusiasm' to Beat Trump , The Daily Wire

May 24 MRS. AMERICA: Actress Margo Martindale on new miniseries , Assignment X

May 26 FX's Jane Roe deathbed confession reveals the abortion lie at the heart of the religious right, NBC News

May 27 What's Fact and What's Fiction in the Mrs. America Finale, Slate Magazine

May 27 M rs. America's Showrunner on the Show's Lessons and Its Detractors , Slate Magazine

May 27 The Unfinished History of 'Mrs. America' , The Ringer

May 27 Pandemic lockdowns pose a new risk to working moms: the kid-interruption gap , Fortune

May 28 Rose Byrne on How Mrs. America Captures 'The Divided World We Live in Now', ELLE

STATE NEWS

CALIFORNIA

May 22 Lana Del Ray and Alison Roman flaunted white women's privilege. But they're not alone , Los Angeles Times

May 24 Column: Why this former Ms. staffer says 'Mrs. America' may be the bravest show in history of TV, Los Angeles Times

May 26 How 'Mrs. America' re-created Gloria Steinem's 'major head of hair,' other '70s looks , Los Angeles Times

COLORADO

May 25 Hulu miniseries "Mrs. America" portrays the revolutionary movement to ratify the ERA , DU Clarion

FLORIDA

May 22 Republican Party has left earlier principles behind, Orlando Sentinel

May 23 Betty Friedan is the 'Moses' of the women's movement in 'Mrs. America ', Jewish Press Tampa

May 26 Palm Beach County NOW: Advocating for women, pAL

IOWA

May 22 There shouldn't be a time limit on equality, The Gazette

May 27 LETTER TO THE EDITOR, The Storm Lake Times

May 27 Letter: Tell Sens. Grassley, Ernst to support removing time limit on ERA, Mason City Globe Gazette

MAINE

May 28 The grassroots campaign to stop drug corporations from profiteering off the pandemic , Maine Beacon

NEW HAMPSHIRE

May 22 The book behind the cable series 'Mrs. America', The Keene Sentinel

NEW YORK

May 22 MANH Lawmakers on the Move, May 22 , New York County Politics

PENNSYLVANIA

May 27 Should other states join Pennsylvania and ratify the Equal Rights Amendment? , The Philadelphia Inquirer

SOUTH CAROLINA

May 23 Herbkersman and Covert square off for SC House seat. What makes them different , Hilton Head Island Packet

May 23 District 123 Republican primary: Candidates answer League of Women Voters questionnaire , Hilton Head Island Packet

VIRGINIA

May 27 Jennifer Carroll Foy announces run for governor in 2021 , Inside NoVA

May 27 Del. Jennifer Carroll Foy Launches Bid for Virginia Governor , NBC4 Washington

WASHINGTON

May 23 A house that must come back together, Kitsap Sun

WYOMING

May 28 Archives on the Air: Wartime Anthropologist Moana Tregaskis, Wyoming Public Media

OPPOSITION

May 28 'Mrs. America' Framed by Two Anniversaries , The New York Sun

Alice Paul InstituteMay 29, 2020

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.

Learn more

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 .