December 30, 2008
State legislator to bring back ERA resolution
author of Equal Rights Amendment
posted on arkansasnews.com
A state legislator said today she would propose again that Arkansas ratify the Equal Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
Rep. Lindsley Smith, D-Fayetteville, whose resolution proposing state ratification of the ERA was narrowly defeated in committee during the 2007 session, said she plans to bring back the resolution during the 2009 session and is confident it will pass this time.
April 7, 2008
CONGRESS ACTING TO HONOR ALICE PAUL,
author of Equal Rights Amendment
posted on eracampaign.net
California Rep. Joe Baca is chief sponsor of a House of Representatives bill of special interest to ERA supporters: HR406. Its purpose is to award a posthumous Congressional Gold Star to the great Alice Paul, who was enormously instrumental in achieving women’s suffrage in 1920, and who then authored and worked tirelessly for the ERA for the rest of her life. This bill has 287 cosponsors as of this writing, and will be moved out of committee and onto the floor of the House when it reaches 290 cosponsors. This bill well deserves the support of every ERA supporter on its merits — and also because its passage would bring favorable attention to the ERA cause.
