Word: eramerica
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...years for Helen Williams, a founder of 9 to 5, the National Association of Working Women. It was 13 years for Jane Campbell, candidate for the Ohio legislature and former ERAmerica. She passed around champagne as the Ferraro nominating speeches ended, while across the aisle Texas women hugged and wept. It was O.K. to cry. "Did you ever think you would see the day?" Texas State Treasurer Ann Richards kept repeating. "I've worked 32 years in politics, and nothing has made me so happy," sobbed Billie Carr, Democratic National Committeewoman. Carr was 27 days old when...
...minority rights resolution that was drafted by conference organizers but later rewritten and toughened by the one-third of delegates who were black, Hispanic, Indian or Oriental. The revised version was carried with virtual unanimity by delegates who had split bitterly on other issues. Exulted Liz Carpenter, leader of ERAmerica, the group spearheading the amendment ratification drive: "We can no longer be accused of being a middle-class white women's cause...
Amendment supporters place heavy blame for the defeat on men. Women are, after all, still relatively unrepresented in national and local legislatures. Even powerful male politicians who endorsed the amendment seldom gave it a high priority. Says Liz Carpenter of ERAmerica: "They spent their credit on other issues." Smeal focuses on the "invisible lobby of business" that profits from sexual discrimination. She notes that no trade association, no businessman's alliance, no Chamber of Commerce and no National Association of Manufacturers was on the roll of ERA supporters. But her strongest condemnation is of the insurance industry. NOW claims...