For Immediate Release:

Thursday, June 3, 2021

lt;div readability="76.762711864407"gt; lt;div class="wp-block-image"gt;lt;figure class="alignleft is-resized"gt;lt;img loading="lazy" data-attachment-id="2827" data-permalink="https://united4equality.wordpress.com/screen-shot-2019-04-30-at-10-51-37-am/" data-orig-file="https://united4equality.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/screen-shot-2019-04-30-at-10.51.37-am.png" data-orig-size="624,620" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{amp;quot;apertureamp;quot;:amp;quot;0amp;quot;,amp;quot;creditamp;quot;:amp;quot;amp;quot;,amp;quot;cameraamp;quot;:amp;quot;amp;quot;,amp;quot;captionamp;quot;:amp;quot;amp;quot;,amp;quot;created_timestampamp;quot;:amp;quot;0amp;quot;,amp;quot;copyrightamp;quot;:amp;quot;amp;quot;,amp;quot;focal_lengthamp;quot;:amp;quot;0amp;quot;,amp;quot;isoamp;quot;:amp;quot;0amp;quot;,amp;quot;shutter_speedamp;quot;:amp;quot;0amp;quot;,amp;quot;titleamp;quot;:amp;quot;amp;quot;,amp;quot;orientationamp;quot;:amp;quot;0amp;quot;}" data-image-title="screen-shot-2019-04-30-at-10.51.37-am" data-image-description data-medium-file="https://united4equality.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/screen-shot-2019-04-30-at-10.51.37-am.png?w=300" data-large-file="https://united4equality.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/screen-shot-2019-04-30-at-10.51.37-am.png?w=624" src="https://united4equality.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/screen-shot-2019-04-30-at-10.51.37-am.png" alt class="wp-image-2827" height="194" "https://united4equality.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/screen-shot-2019-04-30-at-10.51.37-am.png?w=195amp;amp;h=194 195w, https://united4equality.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/screen-shot-2019-04-30-at-10.51.37-am.png?w=390amp;amp;h=388 390w, https://united4equality.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/screen-shot-2019-04-30-at-10.51.37-am.png?w=150amp;amp;h=150 150w, https://united4equality.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/screen-shot-2019-04-30-at-10.51.37-am.png?w=300amp;amp;h=298 300w" sizes="(max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px"gt;lt;figcaptiongt;Abigail Adams (1744 - 1818)lt;/figcaptiongt;lt;/figuregt;lt;/divgt; lt;pgt;To all of our Fabulous Foremothers - Abigail Adams, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony and Dr. Alice Paul, whose life's work paved the way for future generations of Women to step up to achieve our full equality under the Constitution - this moment is dedicated with gratitude and celebration in your honor. ????????lt;/pgt; lt;div class="wp-block-image"gt;lt;figure class="alignleft is-resized"gt;lt;img loading="lazy" data-attachment-id="2828" data-permalink="https://united4equality.wordpress.com/screen-shot-2019-04-30-at-9-43-27-am-1/" data-orig-file="https://united4equality.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/screen-shot-2019-04-30-at-9.43.27-am-1.png" data-orig-size="500,642" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{amp;quot;apertureamp;quot;:amp;quot;0amp;quot;,amp;quot;creditamp;quot;:amp;quot;amp;quot;,amp;quot;cameraamp;quot;:amp;quot;amp;quot;,amp;quot;captionamp;quot;:amp;quot;amp;quot;,amp;quot;created_timestampamp;quot;:amp;quot;0amp;quot;,amp;quot;copyrightamp;quot;:amp;quot;amp;quot;,amp;quot;focal_lengthamp;quot;:amp;quot;0amp;quot;,amp;quot;isoamp;quot;:amp;quot;0amp;quot;,amp;quot;shutter_speedamp;quot;:amp;quot;0amp;quot;,amp;quot;titleamp;quot;:amp;quot;amp;quot;,amp;quot;orientationamp;quot;:amp;quot;0amp;quot;}" data-image-title="screen-shot-2019-04-30-at-9.43.27-am-1" data-image-description data-medium-file="https://united4equality.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/screen-shot-2019-04-30-at-9.43.27-am-1.png?w=234" data-large-file="https://united4equality.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/screen-shot-2019-04-30-at-9.43.27-am-1.png?w=500" src="https://united4equality.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/screen-shot-2019-04-30-at-9.43.27-am-1.png" alt class="wp-image-2828" height="210" "https://united4equality.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/screen-shot-2019-04-30-at-9.43.27-am-1.png?w=164amp;amp;h=210 164w, https://united4equality.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/screen-shot-2019-04-30-at-9.43.27-am-1.png?w=328amp;amp;h=420 328w, https://united4equality.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/screen-shot-2019-04-30-at-9.43.27-am-1.png?w=117amp;amp;h=150 117w, https://united4equality.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/screen-shot-2019-04-30-at-9.43.27-am-1.png?w=234amp;amp;h=300 234w" sizes="(max-width: 164px) 100vw, 164px"gt;lt;figcaptiongt;Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815 - 1902)lt;/figcaptiongt;lt;/figuregt;lt;/divgt; lt;pgt;Nearly 10 years to the day (May 26, 2009) United 4 Equality met with Rep. Robert Andrews (D-NJ) on behalf of women from six states (VA, NC, FL, AR, LA and MO) to propose a new ERA bill to Congress! Today, the US House will hold a hearing onamp;nbsp;our billamp;nbsp;lt;a href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/hjr38?source=feed_textamp;amp;epa=HASHTAGamp;amp;__xts__[0]=68.ARDN4hrmGqd-yHQNeRDdMXxZFifBh_G05d3FUcqvaPjjPaOmPuExBvDq0Mfwm5S9XCHY3puK34KMsiGeodcxKs-KQrpOGrGlzUkop7mSBZq4KHMjujjMXLj1WseXy5SOESmlDNT4VYf4TSOk4vHtsCLRHYyfeqZejjw9EEmm0-UmwGX3S4dc0JTlZ5fMGDPqe8xSXEuGL9h1OjdMFkXxOI8J8e6Z3u2nSJqFPXT7Gm-A361LEO5GiEA1FYe7Zbqol_Aalkiyqmarhz4RWlqBOpLRZUeXj5QbC4_eeALDe1Eme7tJPuYA_vmxtkr9eenICZXtPU7RKoXmPZ-IVTU0amp;amp;__tn__=*NK-R"gt;#HJR38lt;/agt;! 3 Cheers amp;amp; Thank YOU to All who brought us to today's huge milestone!lt;/pgt; lt;div class="wp-block-image"gt;lt;figure class="alignleft is-resized"gt;lt;img loading="lazy" data-attachment-id="2821" data-permalink="https://united4equality.wordpress.com/screen-shot-2019-04-30-at-9-45-13-am/" data-orig-file="https://united4equality.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/screen-shot-2019-04-30-at-9.45.13-am.png" data-orig-size="702,496" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{amp;quot;apertureamp;quot;:amp;quot;0amp;quot;,amp;quot;creditamp;quot;:amp;quot;amp;quot;,amp;quot;cameraamp;quot;:amp;quot;amp;quot;,amp;quot;captionamp;quot;:amp;quot;amp;quot;,amp;quot;created_timestampamp;quot;:amp;quot;0amp;quot;,amp;quot;copyrightamp;quot;:amp;quot;amp;quot;,amp;quot;focal_lengthamp;quot;:amp;quot;0amp;quot;,amp;quot;isoamp;quot;:amp;quot;0amp;quot;,amp;quot;shutter_speedamp;quot;:amp;quot;0amp;quot;,amp;quot;titleamp;quot;:amp;quot;amp;quot;,amp;quot;orientationamp;quot;:amp;quot;0amp;quot;}" data-image-title="screen-shot-2019-04-30-at-9.45.13-am" data-image-description data-medium-file="https://united4equality.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/screen-shot-2019-04-30-at-9.45.13-am.png?w=300" data-large-file="https://united4equality.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/screen-shot-2019-04-30-at-9.45.13-am.png?w=702" src="https://united4equality.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/screen-shot-2019-04-30-at-9.45.13-am.png" alt class="wp-image-2821" height="183" "https://united4equality.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/screen-shot-2019-04-30-at-9.45.13-am.png?w=260amp;amp;h=183 260w, https://united4equality.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/screen-shot-2019-04-30-at-9.45.13-am.png?w=518amp;amp;h=366 518w, https://united4equality.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/screen-shot-2019-04-30-at-9.45.13-am.png?w=150amp;amp;h=106 150w, https://united4equality.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/screen-shot-2019-04-30-at-9.45.13-am.png?w=300amp;amp;h=212 300w" sizes="(max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px"gt;lt;figcaptiongt;Susan B. Anthony (1820 - 1906)lt;/figcaptiongt;lt;/figuregt;lt;/divgt; lt;pgt;We firmly believed then that Women must not Start All Over again to achieve Equal Rights in our Constitution! Instead, we proposed that Congress would eliminate their time limit to ratify the ERA, so the final three states needed could win this important milestone for women's rights!lt;/pgt; lt;pgt;In 2009, grassroots groups in six states had attempted to ratify the federal ERA but all were defeated behind closed doors with no media attention.lt;/pgt; lt;div class="wp-block-image"gt;lt;figure class="alignleft is-resized"gt;lt;img loading="lazy" data-attachment-id="2822" data-permalink="https://united4equality.wordpress.com/screen-shot-2019-04-30-at-9-42-19-am/" data-orig-file="https://united4equality.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/screen-shot-2019-04-30-at-9.42.19-am.png" data-orig-size="572,998" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{amp;quot;apertureamp;quot;:amp;quot;0amp;quot;,amp;quot;creditamp;quot;:amp;quot;amp;quot;,amp;quot;cameraamp;quot;:amp;quot;amp;quot;,amp;quot;captionamp;quot;:amp;quot;amp;quot;,amp;quot;created_timestampamp;quot;:amp;quot;0amp;quot;,amp;quot;copyrightamp;quot;:amp;quot;amp;quot;,amp;quot;focal_lengthamp;quot;:amp;quot;0amp;quot;,amp;quot;isoamp;quot;:amp;quot;0amp;quot;,amp;quot;shutter_speedamp;quot;:amp;quot;0amp;quot;,amp;quot;titleamp;quot;:amp;quot;amp;quot;,amp;quot;orientationamp;quot;:amp;quot;0amp;quot;}" data-image-title="screen-shot-2019-04-30-at-9.42.19-am" data-image-description data-medium-file="https://united4equality.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/screen-shot-2019-04-30-at-9.42.19-am.png?w=172" data-large-file="https://united4equality.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/screen-shot-2019-04-30-at-9.42.19-am.png?w=572" src="https://united4equality.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/screen-shot-2019-04-30-at-9.42.19-am.png" alt class="wp-image-2822" height="211" "https://united4equality.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/screen-shot-2019-04-30-at-9.42.19-am.png?w=121amp;amp;h=211 121w, https://united4equality.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/screen-shot-2019-04-30-at-9.42.19-am.png?w=242amp;amp;h=422 242w, https://united4equality.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/screen-shot-2019-04-30-at-9.42.19-am.png?w=86amp;amp;h=150 86w, https://united4equality.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/screen-shot-2019-04-30-at-9.42.19-am.png?w=172amp;amp;h=300 172w" sizes="(max-width: 121px) 100vw, 121px"gt;lt;figcaptiongt;Dr. Alice Paul lt;brgt;(E.R.A.'s author)lt;brgt;(1885 - 1977)lt;/figcaptiongt;lt;/figuregt;lt;/divgt; lt;pgt;Bringing their efforts to the national attention of Congress and activists across the country was a stroke of genius and the critical action needed to move the needle forward.lt;/pgt; lt;pgt;On March 8, 2011, then Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin introduced our new strategy for finishing the ERA to mark the 100th Anniversary of International Women's Day.lt;/pgt; lt;div class="wp-block-image"gt;lt;figure class="alignleft is-resized"gt;lt;img loading="lazy" data-attachment-id="2829" data-permalink="https://united4equality.wordpress.com/screen-shot-2019-04-30-at-9-51-05-am/" data-orig-file="https://united4equality.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/screen-shot-2019-04-30-at-9.51.05-am.png" data-orig-size="604,600" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{amp;quot;apertureamp;quot;:amp;quot;0amp;quot;,amp;quot;creditamp;quot;:amp;quot;amp;quot;,amp;quot;cameraamp;quot;:amp;quot;amp;quot;,amp;quot;captionamp;quot;:amp;quot;amp;quot;,amp;quot;created_timestampamp;quot;:amp;quot;0amp;quot;,amp;quot;copyrightamp;quot;:amp;quot;amp;quot;,amp;quot;focal_lengthamp;quot;:amp;quot;0amp;quot;,amp;quot;isoamp;quot;:amp;quot;0amp;quot;,amp;quot;shutter_speedamp;quot;:amp;quot;0amp;quot;,amp;quot;titleamp;quot;:amp;quot;amp;quot;,amp;quot;orientationamp;quot;:amp;quot;0amp;quot;}" data-image-title="screen-shot-2019-04-30-at-9.51.05-am" data-image-description data-medium-file="https://united4equality.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/screen-shot-2019-04-30-at-9.51.05-am.png?w=300" data-large-file="https://united4equality.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/screen-shot-2019-04-30-at-9.51.05-am.png?w=604" src="https://united4equality.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/screen-shot-2019-04-30-at-9.51.05-am.png" alt class="wp-image-2829" height="195" "https://united4equality.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/screen-shot-2019-04-30-at-9.51.05-am.png?w=196amp;amp;h=195 196w, https://united4equality.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/screen-shot-2019-04-30-at-9.51.05-am.png?w=392amp;amp;h=390 392w, https://united4equality.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/screen-shot-2019-04-30-at-9.51.05-am.png?w=150amp;amp;h=150 150w, https://united4equality.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/screen-shot-2019-04-30-at-9.51.05-am.png?w=300amp;amp;h=298 300w" sizes="(max-width: 196px) 100vw, 196px"gt;lt;figcaptiongt;Rep. Shirley Chisholm lt;brgt;(1924 - 2005)lt;/figcaptiongt;lt;/figuregt;lt;/divgt; lt;pgt;A year later, Senator Ben Cardin debuted our bill in the Senate marking the 40th anniversary of the Senate's ERA passage back in 1973.lt;/pgt; lt;div class="wp-block-image"gt;lt;figure class="alignright is-resized"gt;lt;img loading="lazy" data-attachment-id="2842" data-permalink="https://united4equality.wordpress.com/screen-shot-2019-04-30-at-9-51-42-am-4/" data-orig-file="https://united4equality.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/screen-shot-2019-04-30-at-9.51.42-am-4.png" data-orig-size="1394,1080" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{amp;quot;apertureamp;quot;:amp;quot;0amp;quot;,amp;quot;creditamp;quot;:amp;quot;amp;quot;,amp;quot;cameraamp;quot;:amp;quot;amp;quot;,amp;quot;captionamp;quot;:amp;quot;amp;quot;,amp;quot;created_timestampamp;quot;:amp;quot;0amp;quot;,amp;quot;copyrightamp;quot;:amp;quot;amp;quot;,amp;quot;focal_lengthamp;quot;:amp;quot;0amp;quot;,amp;quot;isoamp;quot;:amp;quot;0amp;quot;,amp;quot;shutter_speedamp;quot;:amp;quot;0amp;quot;,amp;quot;titleamp;quot;:amp;quot;amp;quot;,amp;quot;orientationamp;quot;:amp;quot;0amp;quot;}" data-image-title="screen-shot-2019-04-30-at-9.51.42-am-4" data-image-description data-medium-file="https://united4equality.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/screen-shot-2019-04-30-at-9.51.42-am-4.png?w=300" data-large-file="https://united4equality.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/screen-shot-2019-04-30-at-9.51.42-am-4.png?w=1024" src="https://united4equality.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/screen-shot-2019-04-30-at-9.51.42-am-4.png" alt class="wp-image-2842" height="144" "https://united4equality.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/screen-shot-2019-04-30-at-9.51.42-am-4.png?w=187amp;amp;h=144 187w, https://united4equality.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/screen-shot-2019-04-30-at-9.51.42-am-4.png?w=372amp;amp;h=288 372w, https://united4equality.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/screen-shot-2019-04-30-at-9.51.42-am-4.png?w=150amp;amp;h=116 150w, https://united4equality.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/screen-shot-2019-04-30-at-9.51.42-am-4.png?w=300amp;amp;h=232 300w" sizes="(max-width: 187px) 100vw, 187px"gt;lt;figcaptiongt;First Lady Betty Ford lt;brgt;(1918 - 2011)lt;/figcaptiongt;lt;/figuregt;lt;/divgt; lt;pgt;Today, at 10am, the House Judiciary Committee is holding its first hearing on our bill #HJR38! If you'd like to tune in, here is the link.lt;/pgt; lt;figure class="wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-rich wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"gt;lt;pgt; lt;span class="embed-youtube"gt;lt;iframe class="youtube-player" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Qf45TcgAwnI?version=3amp;amp;rel=1amp;amp;showsearch=0amp;amp;showinfo=1amp;amp;iv_load_policy=1amp;amp;fs=1amp;amp;hl=enamp;amp;autohide=2amp;amp;wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen="true" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation"gt;[embedded content]lt;/iframegt;lt;/spangt; lt;/pgt;lt;/figuregt; lt;/divgt;lt;pgt; lt;smallgt; This entry was posted on April 30, 2019, 11:23 am and is filed under lt;a href="https://united4equality.wordpress.com/category/activism/" rel="category tag"gt;Activismlt;/agt;. 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