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Rally for Equal Rights Amendment

by Granny Mandy
"Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex. It's time for these words to be made constitutional law", said Jackie Speier, U.S. Representative for California's 14th congressional district at a rally in Redwood City yesterday. She had introduced legislation for passage this year. In top photo she introduces a woman who worked in an airplane factory during WWII, who said that women were paid the same rate as men while the need was great during that war. Once soldiers returned at the end of the conflict, however, women had their wages reduced, even though they performed the same jobs men did.
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Women in America are not guaranteed equal pay for equal work. They continue to experience unfair workplace conditions. Because the Equal Rights Amendment has not yet passed, there are still laws that favor the perpetrators over victims in cases of sexual assault.

As we saw in the case of Hobby Lobby, women are subjected to restrictions on contraception and family planning services despite stipulations of the Affordable Care Act. The recent Supreme Court decision on Hobby Lobby made it safe to treat women and their health care needs differently. Hobby Lobby offers no exemption for the life or health of the woman and thus elevates an employer's religious beliefs over the value of a woman's life.

Women in attendance at yesterday's rally in Redwood City's Courthouse Square wore red bandanas in solidarity and sang in unison led by the Raging Grannies, "We fought this fight before and now we fight again today." The battle for passage of the ERA has been fought for 91 years since it was first introduced in 1923.
§Clapping approval of the Congresswoman's message
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§3 of 7 Raging Grannies who led singing
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§Hats and bandanas
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by Raging Grannies Action League
Suffragists who worked hard for the right to vote would be shocked to hear that 94 years later there is still inequality for women, especially for women of color, and those who are immigrants or working class. The fight for women’s liberation continues to be carried on by first, second and third wave feminists.
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