ONLINE: The ERA Today
courtesy of the League of Women Voters of Dane County
Human rights and environmental activist Janette Dean helped the ratification movement for the Equal Rights Amendment in Virginia.
The Equal Rights Amendment, which would guarantee gender equity by including it in the U.S. Constitution, passed the House and Senate in 1972; before a seven-year deadline had passed, not enough states ratified the amendment to make it law. But the fight for its passage has continued; every year it has been introduced in both legislative branches, and in 2020, Virginia became the 38th state to ratify the ERA (though others over the years have rescinded ratification). Where does the fight stand today? Learn more at this League of Women Voters of Dane County forum, with Virginia ERA supporter Janette Dean. RSVP here for a link to the webinar; learn more background on the amendment at the LWVDC website.
media release: On Wednesday, September 2, 2020, Janette Dean, ERA Organizer in Nevada during the recent ratification debates (and a supporter of the Virginia ratification), will bring us up to date on the legal and political chances for ratification of the ERA today. Dean, a human rights and environmental policy activist, who recently led a three-year statewide grassroots effort in Carson City, Nevada, working with legislators to achieve state ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment on March 22, 2017. This made Nevada the first state to do so since 1977 which helped to revive the national movement.
Study materials for The ERA Today will be posted at LWVdanecounty.org.
A recording of the Zoom event will be available here after the event.
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