Word: eras
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...following day about 2,000 of the marchers stayed to lobby House Judiciary Committee members, who must first approve the extension bill before it can be sent to the House floor for action. Many of them found it a frustrating experience. When 100 ERA supporters confronted New York Republican Hamilton Fish Jr., for instance, he said he had to do more research on whether extending the deadline would be constitutional. He added: "I have to put the Constitution of the United States ahead of any group's goals." Replied Carol Sharnoff of Long Island, N.Y.: "I'm outraged...
...largest rally ever held for women's rights, and its purpose was to urge Congressmen to extend the March 22, 1979, deadline for ratification of ERA. Without an extension, most supporters fear, the amendment will die, three states short of the 38 needed for ratification. They argue that since the Constitution sets no time limit on the ratification of amendments, the seven-year deadline set by Congress in 1972 for ERA is arbitrary and unfair...
...ERA'S supporters gathered with a strong sense of urgency. One Philadelphia woman had organized a caravan of 51 buses carrying 2,200 people; another brought four generations of her family, including her 70-year-old mother, three daughters and an 18-month-old granddaughter...
...there also was some good news for the lobbyists: a message of support from President Carter, who called ERA "a bedrock" of opportunity for women and minorities. It was also reported that during an hour-long phone call, Betty Ford had persuaded a member of the House Judiciary Committee, Republican Harold Sawyer of Michigan, not to block the bill. Led by Helen Milliken, wife of Michigan's Governor, a group of ERA supporters later met with Sawyer to congratulate him on his decision...
...emigrated to New York City last year. Although the Soviet press has hardly mentioned the protests in Western Europe and the U.S., news of them was beamed to millions in the Soviet Union by Radio Liberty and other Western short-wave stations. "The awful thing about the Stalin era was that people just disappeared, and nobody knew where they had gone, nobody mentioned them," said Turchin. "Now there is public reaction, and people understand what is happening. The struggle is worth the effort...