NWHP Blog: Events and Articles posted by people like YOU » White House Petition http://www.nwhp.org/blog Helping you spread the word about Women's History Mon, 25 Mar 2013 15:53:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4 Equal Rights Amendment—NOW! http://www.nwhp.org/blog/?p=1370 http://www.nwhp.org/blog/?p=1370#comments Sat, 19 Jan 2013 07:21:19 +0000 NWHP admin http://www.nwhp.org/blog/?p=1370 The ERA was written by Alice Paul in 1923 and introduced to Congress every year until it passed out of both chambers in 1972. This amendment seemed to be received with enthusiasm and was ratified by 6 states in two days! However, the pace of the ratification slowed after 1975 and only 35 states (out of the 38 needed) had ratified it by 1978. In October of 1978 Congress extended the deadline for ratification to June 30, 1982. This extension expired and in 1982 and the ERA was not passed. This deadline has inhibited  the ERA to be passed and since then the ERA has been loosing it’s fight for equality.

On January 11th, 2013 (in honor of Alice Paul’s Birthday) a petition was launched at the grassroots level by those who haven’t forgotten about the importance this legislation means to women & girls nationwide. This petition is on the Whitehouse.gov  website and it’s purpose is to gain support for the ERA and to eliminate deadlines introduced in 1972.

Social media & grassroots organizing has given the ERA new life and the chance to gain the Nation’s attention once more. It has already collected more than 6,000 signatures in little over a week. If you would like to join this cause, CLICK the links BELOW!

Click HERE to sign the petition!!!

Click HERE to join the Facebook group!

Follow the ERA 2013 Action Campaign on Twitter @ERAAction 

Click HERE to follow on Tumblr!  (http://eraactioncampaign.tumblr.com/)

 

Written by: Kimberly Roush Blog Moderator

Kerber, Linda K., and Hart Jane Sherron. De. “Dimensions of Citizenship III.” Women’s America: Refocusing the past. 7th ed. Vol. 2. New York: Oxford UP, 1982. 719. Print.

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