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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
An excellent bibliography. Index includes entry for Equal Rights
Amendment. Book contains citations for a variety of government documents
about various aspects of the Equal Rights Amendment.
National Woman’s Party Papers, 1913-1974 [microfilm]
Glen Rock, N.J. : Microfilming Corporation of America, 1977-1978.
UNC Davis Library Microforms Collection Microfilm Call Number :
1-2162
Microfilm includes copies of all ERA resolutions introduced into Congress
and several Congressional hearing transcripts.
United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Equal
rights for men and women : hearings before a subcommittee of the Committee
on the Judiciary, United States Senate, Seventy-fifth Congress, third session,
on S. J. Res. 65, a joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution
of the United States relative to equal rights for men and women ... February
7, 8, 9, and 10, 1938. Washington, DC : GPO, 1938.
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Extensive list of testifiers includes: representative of League of Women
Voters (opposes); Carrie Chapman Catt, president of National Women Suffrage
Association (opposes); representative of National Women’s Trade Union League
(opposes); American Federation of Labor (opposes); representative of National
Woman's Party (supports).
United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Equal
rights amendment : Hearing before a Subcommittee of the Committee on the
Judiciary, United States Senate, seventy-ninth Congress, first session, on
S. J. Res. 61, a joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution
of the United States relative to equal rights for men and women.
September 28, 1945. Washington, DC : GPO, 1945.
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Many more supporters testified at this hearing. Transcript includes:
letter of support from then Senator Harry S. Truman (dated 4/20/1944); letter
in support from 28 governors; list of organizations in opposition; and testimony
from National Woman’s Party representatives; Mary Church Terrell, National
Association of Colored Women (support); National Women’s Trade Union League
(opposed); Congress of Industrial Organizations (opposed); American Civil
Liberties Union (opposed).
United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Equal
rights 1970 : hearings, Ninety-first Congress, second session, on S.J. Res.
61 and S.J. Res. 231, proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United
States relative to equal rights for men and women. September 9,
10, 11, and 15, 1970. Washington, D.C. : GPO, 1970.
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Hearings focused on legal ramifications of amendment. Senator Ervin
of North Carolina, a staunch opponent of ERA, presided. According to
him, the House did not hold hearings on the amendment and previous Senate
hearings did not explore legal ramifications for states and the federal government.
Ervin inserted speeches, letters, and newspaper articles that supported
his opinion into the record. Testifiers included representatives of
NOW, law professors, a representative of the Democratic National Committee,
and Alice Paul.
United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee
on the Constitution. Equal rights amendment extension : hearings
before the Subcommittee on the Constitution of the Committee on the Judiciary,
United States Senate, Ninety-fifth Congress, second session, on S.J. Res.
134 ... August 2, 3, and 4, 1978. Washington, DC: GPO, 1979.
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Detailed table of contents includes: proposed legislation, chronological
lists of witnesses, alphabetical list of witnesses and materials submitted.
Testifiers include: Ruth Bader Ginsburg (pro), AFL-CIO (support); Sen. Sam
Ervin (opposed).
See also: listing for Lexis/Nexis Congressional Universe
on Databases page
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