Postcard: "EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT YES!"
[ERA],
[NP: , ca. 1981]. Postcard: 4 x 5-13/16", printed dark green and light green stiff stock. At the verso is printed a divided back with room for an address at the right and "I support ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment, and I will only support legislators who vote "YES". Slight fading. Near fine. The reverse calls for a 12 cent stamp for the postcard, a rate only in effect from March - November, 1981. The ERA amendment gains Senate approval in 1972, but attached is a seven-year time limit for ratification devised by Senator Sam Ervin and Representative Emanuel Celler. When the amendment fails to garner the necessary number of states by 1979, NOW and other ERA supporters urge an extension. The House and the Senate set a new deadline of June 30, 1982. If supporters hoped the extension would place fresh pressure on reluctant state legislators to ratify the amendment, such optimism proved unjustified. When Ronald Reagan took office in January of 1981, he became the first president to oppose an ERA amendment. The political climate for the amendment had chilled. This postcard reflects the growing urgency among ERA supporters to achieve state ratification within the brief window open to them. (Item ID: 15219)
$35.00
