One hundred years ago this month, the Equal Rights Amendment was first introduced in Congress. After women had succeeded in their fight for voting rights with the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment to the U. S. Constitution in 1920, some turned their energy and passion to fighting for equal rights. More than a dozen Virginians were part of the National Woman’s Party delegation, seen here leaving the White House in November 1923 after soliciting the president’s support for an equal rights amendment to the Constitution. Read more in the UncommonWealth blog:

“A long step” in the Complicated History of Equal Rights for Women in Virginia - The UncommonWealth (virginiamemory.com)<https://uncommonwealth.virginiamemory.com/blog/2023/12/08/era-in-virginia/>


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“A long step” in the Complicated History of Equal Rights for Women in Virginia - The UncommonWealth<https://uncommonwealth.virginiamemory.com/blog/2023/12/08/era-in-virginia/>
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