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ERA in the News
US Women's Chamber of Commerce 2007 Letter of Support - 03/08/2007
March 8, 2007
Karen Woodall ERAFlorida.org 579 E. Call St. Tallahassee, Fl 32301
Dear Ms. Woodall,
On behalf of the U.S. Women's Chamber of Commerce, I would like to expr ...
North Dakota ERA Resolution Passed - 02/09/2007
The North Dakota legislature passed an historic resolution recommitting the state to ratification of the Federal Equal Rights Amendment. Introduced in late January by State Representative Pam Gulleso ...
Advocates Renew Call for ERA - 03/14/2006
A group of young career women set off on a road trip from Miami to the Capitol over the weekend, determined to make a difference in the battle for women's rights. They weren't alone.
The decad ...
U.S. Women's Chamber of Commerce Endorses Florida ERA Campaign - 03/07/2006
On behalf of the U.S. Women's Chamber of Commerce, I would like to express support for the Equal Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and its ratification in Florida.
First, however, I w ...
Miami-Dade Commission for Women Campaigns for ERA Passage in Florida - 03/06/2006
Noting that there will be a press conference in Tallahassee on March 13th during Women's Lobbying Days regarding two ERA ratification bills now in the pipeline for the 4th straight year, the Miami-Dad ...
A Worthwhile Revival - 04/09/2003
It is disappointing to hear some of Florida's leaders dismiss the renewed campaign to get the Legislature to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment. ``It's kind of like going back and wearing bell bottoms, ...
State GOP Torn Over New Push for ERA - 04/07/2003
As president of the Business and Professional Women's Clubs state chapter, Sue Banks says she was ``dumbfounded'' by the reception she received last month from a state senator when she asked him to su ...
Senate's "Retro" Action Revives the ERA - 04/02/2003
More than two decades after a Democratic-dominated Legislature failed to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment, state Senate Republicans voted Tuesday to bring the measure back to life and spark a 21st ce ...
Bush Won't Help ERA Effort - 03/27/2003
A national coalition of women's groups is hoping to make Florida a key battleground to renew the Equal Rights Amendment struggle, but Gov. Jeb Bush on Wednesday made it clear he has no interest in hel ...
Two Lawmakers Push for ERA - 01/21/2003
Two Florida lawmakers have begun a campaign for support in their effort to add the Equal Rights Amendment to the state Constitution. Speaking before 200 people at a rally Sunday, Sen. Gwen Margolis, ...
Women + GOP A Fragile Marriage - 11/10/2001
When the Broward Women's Republican Club Federated was scolded this week for promoting the election of pro-choice women, it wasn't the first time the group has taken flak from its own party. Back in ...
We've Come a Long Way - 02/29/2000
She never flinched from a fight for her principles, however, she knew the art of compromise. Former state Rep. Elaine Gordon died last week, leaving solid accomplishments and work still undone. On he ...
Feminist, Legislator Elaine Gordon Dies - 02/26/2000
Elaine Gordon, a pioneering feminist and legislator from North Miami whose powerful politics set the statewide agenda for 22 years on issues involving children, health care, mental health and women's ...
A Voice at the Ballot Box - 12/10/1999
These are excerpts from editorials published after women won the right to vote, and when they fought, futilely, for the Equal Rights Amendment. It has been a long, hard fight for the women who have w ...
75th Anniversary of Women's Right to Vote - 08/20/1995
``Remember: all men would be tyrants if they could. If particular care and attention are not paid to the ladies, we are determined to foment a rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound to obey any ...
Equal Rights Amendment Drive Renewed - 12/11/1993
A coalition of women's groups launched another drive Friday to pass the Equal Rights Amendment, arguing that a 1982 deadline for ratification was arbitrary and political. Members of the ERA Summit sa ...
Lives of Three Powerful Women Intersect Florida Pioneers - 03/07/1993
That summer of '72, a band of 20 feminists marched into Flamingo Park on Miami Beach, struck a match and, with a certain uppity aplomb, set fire to symbols of a woman-repressing society. They burned ...
Long Way to Go - 12/30/1899
It might amuse Brevard County feminist pioneer Betty Armistead that she died in what Gov. Jeb Bush just declared Women's History month.
Bush is likely unaware of Armistead's decades of struggl ...
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