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 18 Cadets Who Were Accused of Assaults at Air Force Academy
 Went on to Military Careers, Paper Says

 By JEAN EVANGELAUF


 Eighteen Air Force Academy cadets who were accused of sexual
 assaults in the last decade were allowed to graduate and
 establish military careers, according to Pentagon officials
 quoted in an article published by the Rocky Mountain News on
 Saturday.

 A report released last month by a panel created by Congress to
 investigate accusations raised by female Academy students
 found that top academy officials had repeatedly ignored
 evidence of a growing problem of sexual assaults. The report
 also noted that "sexual offenders may have been commissioned
 as Air Force officers."

 The more-detailed information published on Saturday by the
 Rocky Mountain News, a Denver newspaper, said that of those 18
 cadets who had been accused of assaults from 1993 through
 2002, 16 are on active duty, 15 of them in the Air Force and
 one in the Army.

 Sen. Wayne Allard, a Colorado Republican who has been a critic
 of the academy, called on the Air Force to investigate these
 cases. "Just because you're in the Air Force, you shouldn't be
 exempted from American laws," Senator Allard told the
 newspaper. "So that's why I think we should have these
 carefully reviewed and make sure nobody bargained their way
 out [of charges] when they should have faced a penalty for
 what they did."

 The Rocky Mountain News reported that a majority of the cases
 involved rape, and that many of the allegations were not
 adjudicated or proven. Some of the 18 graduates faced
 disciplinary action, but it was not severe enough to end their
 military careers. The Pentagon did not give the newspaper the
 names of the alleged suspects or their victims.

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THE ERA CAMPAIGNER

Issue #14, October 5, 2003
Contact:

Website: www.ERACampaign.net <http://www.eracampaign.net/>

[The e-mail newsletter of the ERA Campaign Network, a nationwide network of
activists for and supporters of adding to the US Constitution the Equal
Rights Amendment: "Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or
abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex." We focus
our efforts especially on the "3-state" strategy to achieve the ERA: Since
35 states have ALREADY ratified the ERA, only three more need to ratify to
reach the necessary 38 -- three-fourths of the 50 states.]

IN THIS ISSUE:

-- Updates on the states
-- Updates on NCWO, AAUW, and BPW
-- Contact Congress!
-- Help give the ERA free publicity!
-- A note for Women's Movement pioneers

UPDATES ON NOT-YET-RATIFIED STATES

ILLINOIS:

The victory for the ERA in the Illinois House of Representatives this spring
by a bipartisan vote of 76 to 41, and the second victory when it was passed
out of a senate committee 8 to 5, has energized ERA activists not only in
that state, but all around the nation!

The final step to Illinois ratification will be a vote on the senate floor.
The Legislature is now in an extended break, and ERA activists, from many
organizations and all around the state are hard at work lining up and
firming up votes for the ERA among their state senators before the short
November session, scheduled to start Nov. 10. Participating Illinois
organizations include (in alphabetical order), AAUW-IL, BPW Illinois, ERA
Illinois, Illinois League of Women Voters, LINKS, NAACP, YWCA-IL, and Zonta;
a great many unaffiliated Illinois residents are participating as well.

YOUR HELP IS NEEDED! Please call anyone and everyone you know who lives in
Illinois, and ask them to contact their state senator to urge him/her to
cosponsor and vote for the ERA! ALSO: If you belong to an organization that
has a chapter or members in Illinois, please do what you can to encourage
THEM to get involved in doing the same! Illinois residents can find their
state senator at www.legis.state.il.us, or from their local library. For
details, contact Laurel Prussing (legislative director, ERA Illinois, and an
ERA Campaign Network Illinois coordinator),
,
telephone 217-328-2071.

FLORIDA:

Sandy Oestreich, president of ERA Inc., Florida (and our Florida
coordinator) announces a major Florida ERA 2004 ratification kickoff event,
1:30-4:00pm October 12, 2003, in the Tampa Bay area: "ERA Success Is Up to
All of Us!". Cosponsoring organizations are the League of Women Voters and
Florida's Equal Rights Alliance. Speakers will include Rep. Lou Lang of
Illinois, the leader of the successful spring 2003 vote for ratification of
the ERA by the Illinois House of Representatives; Florida Rep. Arthenia
Joyner, sponsor of the ERA in the Florida House; Dr. Dorie Rothman,
representing the (national) ERA Campaign Network -- she is a cofounder, a
New Jersey Coordinator, and Women's Studies Outreach Coordinator; and Sandy
herself. The event will be free, and ERA supporters from all over Florida --
and the nation -- are invited. For more information, e-mail
,
telephone 727-393-0932, website
www.ERACampaignFL.net.

Sandy adds: "ERA in Florida is a broad-based effort, attracting both sexes,
both political parties and all ethnicities. Forty-six ERA bill cosponsors
are expected to recommit for the 2004 Florida Legislature, and others are
stepping up. Former Congresswoman and ERA stalwart Patricia Schroeder has
joined other notables on Florida's ERA Inc. Advisory Board. Contributions
are needed, and can be sent to Equal Rights Alliance, Inc., 305 173rd Ave.,
St. Petersburg FL 33708."

GEORGIA:

ERA action is on its way in Georgia!

Our Georgia Coordinator Idella Moore has founded an organization for Georgia
called 4ERA (www.4ERA.org). She has met with several Georgia State
legislators and other government officials and is building towards an early
2004 launch of a statewide ratification campaign!

In July, Idella was a featured speaker at the Women's Issues Roundtable for
Georgia's Congressman David Scott (a cosponsor of H.J. Res. 37 -- see
below). She was also recently interviewed by the Women's Policy Group for an
article in their newsletter. Idella is scheduled for speaking engagements
around the state in October and November, most notably at local and
statewide meetings of the AAUW and BPW.

Idella is also exploring the possibility of building an ERA consortium of
not-yet-ratified states in the southeast region, to work together. Contact
Idella at
,
telephone 770-431-1806.

MISSOURI:

Shirley Breeze and Mary Mosley, Missouri coordinators, report that the
annual Women's Equality Day brunch of the Missouri Women's Network, August
23 in St. Louis, was very well attended and engendered fine media coverage
for the ERA. Its theme was "Women's Equality and the Twenty-first Century."
Two of the three major speakers addressed the ERA: Martha Burk, chair of the
National Council of Women's Organizations (NCWO), who spoke strongly in
support of the ERA ratification effort, and Laurel Prussing, who talked
about the ERA ratification drive in Illinois (see above).

Shirley and Mary continue to be extremely active and effective for the ERA,
including speaking to numerous groups in Illinois and elsewhere, and leading
an ERA workshop for the AAUW (see below). Shirley can be reached at
,
telephone 314-831-5359; Mary at
,
telephone 573-642-6354.

UPDATES ON RATIFIED STATES

CALIFORNIA:

Our California Coordinator Melinda Pillsbury-Foster is presenting a major
all-day public ERA workshop on October 11 in Santa Barbara. Gayle Guthrie,
president of ERA Illinois (and an ERA Campaign Network Illinois
coordinator), will be among the speakers. To reach Melinda, e-mail

or telephone 805-569-0421.

MARYLAND:

Maryland Coordinator Christine Brodak was the featured speaker on the ERA
campaign, at Maryland's August 24th celebration of Women's Equality Day,
sponsored by a coalition of organizations including NOW, League of Women
Voters, and Planned Parenthood. Christine distributed ERA information to all
attendees.

On November 20, Maryland Coordinator Karline Tierney will make an ERA
presentation at a meeting of Baltimore AAUW. To reach Karline, e-mail
,
or telephone 410-242-1645.

NEW JERSEY:

New Jersey coordinator Lilyan Cralle has arranged for Rep. Robert Andrews,
chief sponsor of H.Res.38 -- the 3-state-strategy ERA resolution in the
(national) House of Representatives, to speak on the ERA at a Camden County
(NJ) Hadassah meeting on Nov. 17, 2003. The public is invited. For details,
contact Lilyan,
,
telephone 609-871-1717.

A gala event commemorating the great Alice Paul, author of the Equal Rights
Amendment and leader in its early campaigns, and celebrating the 80th
anniversary of the drafting of the Equal Rights Amendment, took place at
Paulsdale (her family home in Mount Laurel, New Jersey) on Women's Equality
Day August 26, 2003. Her home is being lovingly restored by the Alice Paul
Institute, as a museum and center for leadership education for girls and
women. To become a member or to contribute, call or write API, PO Box 1376,
Mt. Laurel, NJ 08054, telephone 856-231-1885, e-mail
,
website www.alicepaul.org.

UPDATES ON ORGANIZATIONS

NCWO:

The September 16 National Council of Women's Organizations meeting in
Washington DC was an excellent one for the ERA. Rep. Carolyn Maloney (chief
sponsor of H.J.Res.37, the "start-over" ERA resolution that already has 202
cosponsors) spoke passionately on the need for the ERA and progress for the
ERA in the House of Representatives, and was applauded by the several dozen
attending leaders of major women's organizations. She was followed by Laurel
Prussing (from Illinois, see above), who gave a rousing update on
ratification progress in Illinois and urged all women's organizations with
members in Illinois to encourage their members to contact their state
senators in support of the ERA resolution in the Illinois Senate. She, too,
was applauded. Dorie Rothman, representing the (national) ERA Campaign
Network, then updated the attentive audience on ERA progress and events in a
number of other states, thus underscoring the nationwide scope of the
campaign for the ERA.

On October 2, NCWO followed up by e-mailing an excellent, informative ERA
ALERT to the leaders of all its approximately 200 member organizations,
urging them to help the Illinois ERA effort by asking their Illinois friends
to contact their state senators.

AAUW:

Shirley Breeze and Mary Mosley, representing ERA Missouri (they are also ERA
Campaign Network Missouri coordinators -- see above, gave a fine ERA
presentation at the June 2003 AAUW (American Association of University
Women) annual national convention in Providence, Rhode Island. As a result,
AAUW passed a superb resolution supporting the ERA and the 3-state strategy.
The final clause: "Therefore, be it resolved that AAUW urges all states,
branches and members to take action to bring about ratification of the Equal
Rights Amendment in three more states."

BPW:

Continuing their active commitment to the ERA, BPW/USA, at their convention
this summer in Cleveland, awarded the 2003 BPW/USA Mariwyn Heath ERA Award
to still-active ERA pioneer Flora Crater. Flora's superb campaigning for the
ERA in the 1970s is legendary. Today, Flora continues her active ERA work as
Chair of the ERA Summit, which was founded by Allie Hixson (another ERA
legend, who is, thankfully, also still active) in 1991 to develop and
promote the three-state strategy. Flora's e-mail:
.
Allie's e-mail:
.
(Talking of pioneers, see the note later
in this newsletter.)

CONTACT CONGRESS!

Now that Congress is back in session, it is vital that its members hear from
constituents that they CARE about the ERA and want their representatives to
work for it. Please contact YOUR congressperson (even if you have done so
before -- they can forget!) and urge him/her to cosponsor and support both
Rep. Robert Andrews' 3-state strategy ERA resolution, H.Res.38, and Rep.
Carolyn Maloney's "start-over" ERA resolution, H.J.Res.37. Similarly, please
contact your two senators, and urge them to cosponsor Senator Edward
Kennedy's "start-over" resolution in the Senate, S.J.Res.11.

Please make these contacts even if you think it very unlikely that certain
representatives/senators will support the ERA: All of them need to know that
the ERA movement is real, and that many of their constituents actively WANT
the ERA in the Constitution. As shown in the ERA Campaign Network nationwide
survey, 96% of Americans believe male and female citizens should have equal
rights, and 88% believe those rights should be explicitly spelled out in the
Constitution. (For more on the survey, see Issue #6 of this newsletter on
our website,
.)

Also recommended: Making it clear to the representative that the Equal
Rights Amendment will simply, and at essentially NO budget cost, add to the
Constitution the simple justice that should have been there long ago: A
constitutional guarantee of equal rights for America's women -- including
their own female constituents.

To find out if a representative or senator is already a cosponsor of a
particular ERA resolution, go to http://thomas.loc.gov
<http://thomas.loc.gov> , fill in the bill ID, click on "search," then click
on "bill summary" and finally on "cosponsors."

HELP GIVE THE ERA FREE PUBLICITY!

New Jersey Coordinator Lilyan Cralle (see above) suggests that ERA activists
and supporters send information on themselves, prominently including their
ERA commitment and activities, to their school and university alumni/alumnae
association newsletters/magazines. Almost all will publish it, thus
providing free ERA publicity that reaches a very receptive audience. As
Lilyan says, "... the more people who hear that the ERA is alive and
kicking, the better."

A NOTE FOR WOMEN'S MOVEMENT PIONEERS

Were you or anyone you know active in the women's movement (for the ERA
and/or other issues) between 1963 and 1975? All who were should send in
their stories to be included in the upcoming definitive reference work,
"Pioneers of the Second Wave of the Women's Movement." Twelve hundred
biographies have already been submitted -- this is no time for false
modesty! To participate, go to the Veteran Feminists of America (VFA)
website, www.VFA.us, scroll down to "Click here to access the print version
of the Pioneer Directory Form," and follow the simple directions. Or, you
can e-mail
,
to request an e-mail application. But hurry, as
the final deadline is fast approaching.

REMINDERS:

Contributions from ERA supporters are needed, and will be used to help us
increase our ERA activities. Checks made out the ERA Campaign Network can be
mailed to our treasurer, Esther Gelbard, 9A Betsy Ross Drive, Monroe
Township, NJ 08831. Thank you!

Also: Feel free to forward this newsletter to other ERA supporters and
potential supporters. If this newsletter was forwarded to you, and you would
like to receive issues directly, OR if you would like to become more
actively involved in the campaign for the ERA, e-mail
,
mentioning your state of residence. This is also the e-mail address to
notify us if your e-mail address changes; please mention your previous, as
well as your new, address.

THE EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT:
SIMPLE JUSTICE -- IT'S TIME!

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THE ERA CAMPAIGNER 
Issue #14, October 5,
2003 Contact:  <A
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 Website: <A
href="http://www.eracampaign.net/";>www.ERACampaign.net</A> 
[The e-mail newsletter of the ERA Campaign Network, a nationwide network of activists for and supporters
of
adding to the US Constitution the Equal Rights Amendment: "Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied
or
abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex." We focus our efforts especially on the "3-state"
strategy
to achieve the ERA: Since 35 states have ALREADY ratified the ERA, only three
more need to ratify to reach the necessary 38 -- three-fourths of the 50
states.] IN THIS
ISSUE: -- Updates on the states -- Updates on
NCWO,
AAUW, and BPW -- Contact Congress! -- Help give the ERA free
publicity! -- A note for Women's Movement pioneers 
UPDATES ON NOT-YET-RATIFIED
STATES 
 ILLINOIS: The victory for the ERA in the Illinois House of
Representatives this spring by a bipartisan vote of 76 to 41, and the second
victory when it was passed out of a senate committee 8 to 5, has energized
ERA
activists not only in that state, but all around the nation! The final
step to Illinois ratification will be a vote on the senate floor. The
Legislature is now in an extended break, and ERA activists, from many
organizations and all around the state are hard at work lining up and firming
up
votes for the ERA among their state senators before the short November
session,
scheduled to start Nov. 10. Participating Illinois organizations include (in
alphabetical order), AAUW-IL, BPW Illinois, ERA Illinois, Illinois League
of
Women Voters, LINKS, NAACP, YWCA-IL, and Zonta; a great many
unaffiliated Illinois residents are participating as well.
 YOUR HELP IS NEEDED! Please call anyone and everyone you know who lives in
Illinois, and ask them to contact their state senator to urge him/her to
cosponsor and vote for the ERA! ALSO: If you belong to an organization that
has
a chapter or members in Illinois, please do what you can to encourage THEM to
get involved in doing the same! Illinois residents can find their state
senator
at <A href="www.legis.state.il.us">www.legis.state.il.us</A>, or
from
their local library. For details, contact Laurel Prussing (legislative
director, ERA Illinois, and an ERA Campaign Network Illinois coordinator),
,
telephone 217-328-2071. FLORIDA: Sandy Oestreich, president of ERA Inc., Florida
(and
our Florida coordinator) announces a major Florida ERA 2004 ratification
kickoff
event, 1:30-4:00pm October 12, 2003, in the Tampa Bay area: "ERA Success
Is
Up to All of Us!".  Cosponsoring organizations are the League of
Women Voters and Florida's Equal Rights Alliance. Speakers will
include Rep. Lou Lang of Illinois, the leader of the successful spring
2003 vote for ratification of the ERA by the Illinois House of
Representatives;
Florida Rep. Arthenia Joyner, sponsor of the ERA in the Florida House;
Dr. Dorie Rothman, representing the (national) ERA Campaign Network --
she is a cofounder, a New Jersey Coordinator, and Women's Studies Outreach
Coordinator; and Sandy herself. The event will be free, and ERA supporters
from
all over Florida -- and the nation -- are invited. For more information,
e-mail
,
telephone 727-393-0932, website <A
href="www.ERACampaignFL.net">www.ERACampaignFL.net</A>. Sandy adds:
"ERA in Florida is a broad-based effort, attracting both sexes, both
political parties and all ethnicities. Forty-six ERA bill cosponsors are
expected to recommit for the 2004 Florida Legislature, and others are
stepping
up. Former Congresswoman and ERA stalwart Patricia Schroeder has joined other
notables on Florida's ERA Inc. Advisory Board. Contributions are needed, and
can
be sent to Equal Rights Alliance, Inc., 305 173rd Ave., St. Petersburg FL
33708." GEORGIA: ERA action is on its way in Georgia!
 Our
Georgia Coordinator Idella Moore has founded an organization for
Georgia
called 4ERA (<A href="www.4ERA.org">www.4ERA.org</A>). She has met
with
several Georgia State legislators and other government officials and is
building
towards an early 2004 launch of a statewide ratification campaign! In
July, Idella was a featured speaker at the Women's Issues Roundtable for
Georgia's Congressman David Scott (a cosponsor of H.J. Res. 37 -- see
below). She was also recently interviewed by the Women's Policy Group for an
article in their newsletter. Idella is scheduled for speaking engagements
around
the state in October and November, most notably at local and statewide
meetings
of the AAUW and BPW. Idella is also exploring the possibility of building an
ERA
consortium of not-yet-ratified states in the southeast region, to work
together.
Contact Idella at
,
telephone 770-431-1806.
 MISSOURI: Shirley Breeze and
Mary
Mosley, Missouri coordinators, report that the annual Women's Equality
Day brunch of the Missouri Women's Network, August 23 in St.
Louis,
was very well attended and engendered fine media coverage for the ERA. Its
theme
was "Women's Equality and the Twenty-first Century." Two of the three major
speakers addressed the ERA: Martha Burk, chair of the National Council
of
Women's Organizations (NCWO), who spoke strongly in support of the ERA
ratification effort, and Laurel Prussing, who talked about the ERA
ratification drive in Illinois (see above). Shirley and Mary continue
to
be extremely active and effective for the ERA, including speaking to numerous
groups in Illinois and elsewhere, and leading an ERA workshop for the AAUW
(see
below). Shirley can be reached at
,
telephone
314-831-5359; Mary at
,
telephone
573-642-6354. 
UPDATES ON RATIFIED
STATES 
 CALIFORNIA: Our California
Coordinator Melinda Pillsbury-Foster is presenting a major all-day
public
ERA workshop on October 11 in Santa Barbara. Gayle Guthrie, president
of
ERA Illinois (and an ERA Campaign Network Illinois coordinator), will be
among
the speakers. To reach Melinda, e-mail

or telephone
805-569-0421. MARYLAND: Maryland Coordinator
Christine Brodak was the featured speaker on the ERA campaign, at
Maryland's August 24th celebration of Women's Equality Day, sponsored by a
coalition of organizations including NOW, League of Women Voters, and Planned
Parenthood. Christine distributed ERA information to all attendees.
 On November 20, Maryland Coordinator Karline Tierney
will
make an ERA presentation at a meeting of Baltimore AAUW. To reach
Karline, e-mail
,
or telephone
410-242-1645. NEW
JERSEY: New Jersey coordinator Lilyan Cralle has
arranged
for Rep. Robert Andrews, chief sponsor of H.Res.38 -- the
3-state-strategy ERA resolution in the (national) House of Representatives,
to
speak on the ERA at a Camden County (NJ) Hadassah meeting on Nov. 17, 2003.
The public is invited. For details, contact Lilyan,
,
telephone 609-871-1717. A gala event
commemorating the great Alice Paul, author of the Equal Rights
Amendment
and leader in its early campaigns, and celebrating the 80th anniversary of
the
drafting of the Equal Rights Amendment, took place at Paulsdale (her family
home
in Mount Laurel, New Jersey) on Women's Equality Day August 26, 2003. Her
home
is being lovingly restored by the Alice Paul Institute, as a museum and
center
for leadership education for girls and women. To become a member or to
contribute, call or write API, PO Box 1376, Mt. Laurel, NJ 08054, telephone
856-231-1885, e-mail
,
website
www.alicepaul.org. 
UPDATES ON
ORGANIZATIONS 
 NCWO: The September 16
National
Council of Women's Organizations meeting in Washington DC was an excellent
one
for the ERA. Rep. Carolyn Maloney (chief sponsor of H.J.Res.37,
the "start-over" ERA resolution that already has 202 cosponsors) spoke
passionately on the need for the ERA and progress for the ERA in the House of
Representatives, and was applauded by the several dozen attending leaders of
major women's organizations. She was followed by Laurel Prussing (from
Illinois, see above), who gave a rousing update on ratification progress in
Illinois and urged all women's organizations with members in Illinois to
encourage their members to contact their state senators in support of the ERA
resolution in the Illinois Senate. She, too, was applauded. Dorie
Rothman, representing the (national) ERA Campaign Network, then updated
the
attentive audience on ERA progress and events in a number of other states,
thus
underscoring the nationwide scope of the campaign for the ERA. On
October 2, NCWO followed up by e-mailing an excellent, informative ERA
ALERT to the leaders of all its approximately 200 member organizations,
urging them to help the Illinois ERA effort by asking their Illinois friends
to
contact their state senators. AAUW: Shirley Breeze and Mary Mosley, representing
ERA
Missouri (they are also ERA Campaign Network Missouri coordinators -- see
above,
gave a fine ERA presentation at the June 2003 AAUW (American
Association
of University Women) annual national convention in Providence, Rhode Island.
As
a result, AAUW passed a superb resolution supporting the ERA and the 3-state
strategy. The final clause: "Therefore, be it resolved that AAUW urges all
states, branches and members to take action to bring about ratification of
the
Equal Rights Amendment in three more states." 
 BPW: Continuing their active commitment to the ERA,
BPW/USA,
at their convention this summer in Cleveland, awarded the 2003 BPW/USA
Mariwyn
Heath ERA Award to still-active ERA pioneer Flora Crater. Flora's
superb
campaigning for the ERA in the 1970s is legendary. Today, Flora continues her
active ERA work as Chair of the ERA Summit, which was founded by Allie
Hixson (another ERA legend, who is, thankfully, also still active) in
1991
to develop and promote the three-state strategy. Flora's e-mail:
.
Allie's e-mail:
.
(Talking of
pioneers, see the note later in this newsletter.) 
CONTACT CONGRESS! 
Now that Congress is back in
session, it is vital that its members hear from constituents that they CARE
about the ERA and want their representatives to work for it. Please contact
YOUR
congressperson (even if you have done so before -- they can forget!) and urge
him/her to cosponsor and support both Rep. Robert Andrews' 3-state
strategy ERA resolution, H.Res.38, and Rep. Carolyn
Maloney's "start-over" ERA resolution, H.J.Res.37.
Similarly,
please contact your two senators, and urge them to cosponsor Senator
Edward
Kennedy's "start-over" resolution in the Senate,
S.J.Res.11.
 Please make these contacts even if you think it very unlikely that
certain representatives/senators will support the ERA: All of them
need
to know that the ERA movement is real, and that many of their
constituents actively WANT the ERA in the Constitution. As shown in
the
ERA Campaign Network nationwide survey, 96% of Americans believe male and
female
citizens should have equal rights, and 88% believe those rights should be
explicitly spelled out in the Constitution. (For more on the survey, see
Issue
#6 of this newsletter on our website, <A
href=""></A>.)
 Also
recommended: Making it clear to the representative that the Equal Rights
Amendment will simply, and at essentially NO budget cost, add to the
Constitution the simple justice that should have been there long ago: A
constitutional guarantee of equal rights for America's women -- including
their
own female constituents. To find out if a representative or senator
is
already a cosponsor of a particular ERA resolution, go to <A
href="http://thomas.loc.gov";>http://thomas.loc.gov</A>, fill in the bill ID,
click on "search," then click on "bill summary" and finally on "cosponsors."
 
HELP GIVE THE ERA FREE
PUBLICITY! 
 New Jersey Coordinator Lilyan Cralle (see
above)
suggests that ERA activists and supporters send information on themselves,
prominently including their ERA commitment and activities, to their
school and university alumni/alumnae association
newsletters/magazines.
Almost all will publish it, thus providing free ERA publicity that reaches a
very receptive audience. As Lilyan says, "... the more people who hear
that
the ERA is alive and kicking, the better." 
A NOTE  FOR WOMEN'S MOVEMENT
PIONEERS 
 Were you or anyone you
know active in the women's movement (for the ERA and/or other issues) between
1963 and 1975? All who were should send in their stories to be included in
the
upcoming definitive reference work, "Pioneers of the Second Wave of the
Women's Movement." Twelve hundred biographies have already been submitted
--
this is no time for false modesty! To participate, go to the Veteran
Feminists of America (VFA) website, <A href="www.VFA.us">www.VFA.us</A>,
scroll down to "Click here to access the print version of the Pioneer
Directory
Form," and follow the simple directions. Or, you can e-mail
,

to request an e-mail application. But hurry, as the final deadline is
fast
approaching. 
REMINDERS: 
 Contributions from ERA supporters are needed, and will
be
used to help us increase our ERA activities. Checks made out the ERA Campaign
Network can be mailed to our treasurer, Esther Gelbard, 9A Betsy Ross Drive,
Monroe Township, NJ 08831. Thank you!  Also: Feel free to
forward this newsletter to other ERA supporters and potential
supporters.
If this newsletter was forwarded to you, and you would like to receive issues
directly, OR if you would like to become more actively involved in the
campaign for the ERA, e-mail <A
href=""></A>,
mentioning your state of
residence. This is also the e-mail address to notify us if your e-mail
address changes; please mention your previous, as well as your new,
address.
 
 THE EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT: SIMPLE JUSTICE --
IT'S
TIME! 
















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