Equal Rights Amendment Pathfinder                   ERA Activists

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Bibliographies

Equal Rights Amendment Project.  The Equal Rights Amendment: A Bibliographic Study / compiled by the Equal Rights Amendment Project; Anita Miller, project director ; Hazel Greenberg, editor and compiler.  Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1976.
UNC Davis Library Stacks Floor 6 KF 4758 .A1 E6
The Equal Rights Amendment Project was a national resource center on the equal rights issue.  The book was published before the end of the ratification process.  Materials are divided into: Congressional Publications; Other Government Publications; Pamphlets, Brochures, Reports, Papers, and Other Documents; and Periodical Material.  Excellent table of contents makes it easy to find the listing for a narrow publication type, such as House of Representatives’ hearings.  Bibliography includes 5800 entries     Entries are not annotated.  The book has a detailed introduction, an author index, and an organization index.

Feinberg, Renee.  The Equal Rights Amendment: An Annotated Bibliography of the Issues, 1976-1985, Bibliographies and Indexes in Women’s Studies, Number 3.  New York: Greenwood Press, 1986.
UNC Davis Library Stacks Floor 6 KF 4758 .A1 F45 1986
Continues the Equal Rights Amendment Project’s bibliography.  Instead of grouping materials by type, it groups them by subject.  Subjects are: Public Opinion and Party Politics; Federal and State Interpretations of the Equal Rights Amendment; Employment; Education; Family and Religion; The Military; Ratification Efforts; Boycott, Extension, and Rescission; Defeat; Television News Coverage; After 1982.  Many entries are annotated.  Book also includes an introduction: “The Equal Rights Amendment as a Mainstream Political Issue”, an organizational resources appendix, including a list of ERA supporters as of 1978 , an author index, and a subject index.

Huls, Mary Ellen.  United States Government Documents on Women, 1800-1990: A Comprehensive Bibliography.  Vol. 1, Social Issues, Bibliographies and Indexes in Women’s Studies, Number 17.  Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1993.
UNC Davis Library Reference Row 38 Z 7964 .U49 H85 1993 v. 1
Approximately fifty pages of this book contain citations about Equal Rights Amendment in several categories.  Some citations are annotated.  An excellent resource for researchers interested in government documents pertaining to the Equal Rights Amendment.

Krichmar, Albert (assisted by Virginia Carlson Smith and Ann E. Wiederrecht).  The Women’s Movement in the Seventies: An International English-Language Bibliography.  Metuchen, NJ: The Scarecrow Press, 1977.
UNC Davis Library Reference Row 38 Z 7961 .K74
Entries listed under Equal Rights Amendment in the index.  The book includes over 50 citations from 1970-1975.  Mostly magazine articles and Congressional hearings.  Some citations are annotated.  ERA entries are scattered throughout the bibliography which makes it more difficult to use.

Krichmar, Albert (assisted by Barbara Case, Barbara Silver, Ann E. Wiederrecht).  The Women’s Rights Movement in the United States, 1848-1970: A Bibliography and Source Book.  Metuchen, NJ: The Scarecrow Press, 1972.
UNC Davis Library Reference Row 38 Z7964 .U49 K75
Contains seven pages of annotated citations of pro- and anti-ERA writings from 1924 to 1971, most of which are articles in periodicals.  The list is certainly not comprehensive, but a select list of articles from popular and lesser known periodicals.

Rutherford, Barbara.  The Women’s Movement: References and Resources.  New York: G.K. Hall and Co., 1996.
UNC Davis Library.  Reference Row 23  HQ 1236.5 .U6 R936 1996
This book has an excellent annotated bibliography of thirty books and journal articles that discuss various aspects of ERA.  Books and journal articles were written both during and after the process.




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Last updated 12/10/2003

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