From: Bangor Daily News
By Posie Cowan, Special to the BDN
Posie
Cowan'’s great-grandmother Sophie Meredith is pictured to the far left
in this 1915 photo, which was taken the day she established the Virginia
branch of the National Woman’s Party. Cowan, of Blue Hill, has
continued her great-grandmother's efforts in her support for an Equal
Rights Amendment.
Did you know that 80 percent of Americans do not know that the Equal Rights Amendment was never ratified by the required 38 states in the 1980s? As a result, it never became a constitutional amendment, which means women in the U.S. are not protected from discrimination on the basis of sex.
There have been some laws passed to address issues like equal pay and pregnancy discrimination, but businesses have found loopholes in them. In addition, these laws could be rolled back or revoked at any time by a simple majority in Congress.
Women still only make 77 cents for every dollar a man earns. Why aren’t there more women and men lobbying for an Equal Rights Amendment since most Americans support an Equal Rights Amendment? It would increase joint income for families, and single women would also benefit. MORE
Did you know that 80 percent of Americans do not know that the Equal Rights Amendment was never ratified by the required 38 states in the 1980s? As a result, it never became a constitutional amendment, which means women in the U.S. are not protected from discrimination on the basis of sex.
There have been some laws passed to address issues like equal pay and pregnancy discrimination, but businesses have found loopholes in them. In addition, these laws could be rolled back or revoked at any time by a simple majority in Congress.
Women still only make 77 cents for every dollar a man earns. Why aren’t there more women and men lobbying for an Equal Rights Amendment since most Americans support an Equal Rights Amendment? It would increase joint income for families, and single women would also benefit. MORE
