Title | Broadside, Vol. 9, No. 3, March 1978 |
Publisher | National Organization for Women, Houston Chapter |
Date | March 1978 |
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Original Item Location | HQ1439 .H68 B75 |
Original Item URL | http://library.uh.edu/record=b3767173~S11 |
Digital Collection | Houston and Texas Feminist and Lesbian Newsletters |
Digital Collection URL | http://digital.lib.uh.edu/collection/feminist |
Repository | Special Collections, University of Houston Libraries |
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Transcript | THE E.R.A. ECONOMIC BOYCOTT — OR, HONEY TALKS The highest priority of N.O.W. is the ratification of the Egual Rights Amendment. Thirty-five states have ratified the amendment since it was passed by Congress in 1972, and three more are needed. These states have not ratified the E.R.A.: Alabama Arizona Arkansas Florida Georgia So far this year, the E.R.A. down Carolina Senate N. Carolina Oklahoma S. Carolina Utah Virginia legislators voted in committee, the South defeated the E.R.A., and Illinois Louisiana Mississippi Missouri Nevada Virginia other states, If the E.R.A. Alabama legislators defeated the amendment for the third time. Pressure has shifted to the especially Florida and Illinois, doesn't pass the Florida legislature, and Florida voters defeat anti-E.R.A. legislators this fall, Gov. Reuben Askew has said he will call a special session to vote on ratification The Illinois House would probably pass the E.R.A., but the Senate is not so reliable. N.O.W. is coordinating many strategies to insure ratification, including political pressure, moral persuasion, and lobbying for an extension of the time allowed for ratification. It is also spearheading the economic boycott of unratified states, fast becoming the most effective tactic of all. (continued on next page) |