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wears House NEWS ow WOMEN 

 

Sarah Weddington, The White House, \Vashington, D.C. 20500
Prepared by the Interdepartmental Task Force on Women

President Carter
Works On ERA
Ratification .-
Strategy? 

President and Mrs. Carter
greeted over guests at a White
House "Salute to on 
October 23 which demonstrated the
broad, nationwide base of support
for the Equal Rights Amendment.

That afternoon, Carter met for
an hour with the President's
Advisory Committee for Women
(PACW) to work on a strategy for
winning ratification of ERA. Earlier"
in the clay, PACW, chaired by
Lynda Johnson Robb, heard

testimony in closed sessions at Blair

- House on actions underway by ERA

supporters in the 15 unratified

. states.

Carter is interested in identifying
steps he and?members of his
administration can take to help

.
secure ratmcation. He has asked
PACW to coilect more data and
meet again with him in the near

.future to recommend specific

1
:Il. 

support activities.

Among the special guests at the
reception buffet which culminated
the ERA strategy sessions were
editors of national magazines
which ran special features on the
amendment in their November

Vol. 1, issue . November?December 1979

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Presidential Sdlute to ERA 

 

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Al; 

222$White House reception, President Carter

urged an all-out effort for rati,zcatron of the Equal Rights Amendment.

issues, a project organized by Sey

Chassler, editor-in-chief of Redbook.

The guest list refTECted a broad .
range of support for ERA, from long:
time leaders to grassroots workers.

Carol Costen, president of . 
Network, a gr0up of activist nuns,
attended the reception. So did
George Brown, former
Miss America andTV sports

commentator. . . 
Senior citizen Maggie Kuhn, . i 

president of the Gray Panthers, was i

there. So was Pat Antonisse, a 

yOung Dutch woman who recently I

became a US. citizen. .

James Taylor, chairman of the
Illinois legislature's black caucus,

. came to the White House, as did

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Joan Mondale 
Ambassador
to the Arts 

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fficially, the wife of
the Vice President
has only one
required government
deity?presiding at
meetings of the

Senate Ladies Red
Cross. But Joan Mondale has used
her position as wife of the Vice
President to become the Carter
administration? 5 unpaid ambassador
to the arts.

 

 

    
 



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President Carter named her
honorary chairperson of the Federal
Council on the Arts and the
Humanities, which c00rdinates pro?

grams of the 'Arts and Humanities
Endowments and the cultural pro-
grams of other federal agencies. A
recent guide listed 300 programs
dealing with the arts and
humanities, administered by 40
federal agencies.

Mrs. Mondale Congratulates Artist Georgia O?Keeffe (right) was one
of five women to receive an award from the Women?s Caucus for Art for
outstanding achievement in the visual arts She and Joan Mondale talk in
from of Keeffe? 5 oil painting, ?Patio with Cloud._ 

Mondale-Travels extensively to borrowed from museums in the give her that as well."
promote and-support the aTtS- Talk- Midwest, the second collection from Mondale was present in January
1, mg ?I?nth arm?s and craftspeople and . museums in the Southw.est The of 1979 when President Carter
VlSl?lng museums, theaters third and present collection is on presented the first Women's Caucus
and concert halls, S?he frequently . loan from museums in New York for Art awards for outstanding
i. learns about artists problems and - and New England. I. A - achievement in the visual arts to
. then {mi??35 the problems to. the In addition to the paintings, Louise Nevelson, Georgia O?Keeffe,
attention Of government Of?cmls? prints, sculpture, drawings, Alice Neel, Selma Burke and Isabel
fin amateur potter herself, she said; photographs and crafts, the . - Bishop. It was the first time that 
My fledgling efforts at potter 5 Mondales have recently com? women artists have been so honored
wheel have enhanced my apprecta- missioned American glassblowers, . by the White House.

. tion of the work of the country's
great craftspeOple.? 



"potters, and weavers to create place -
settings for the official residence. A Art for VA Hospitals
collection of handcrafted furniture IS -

also on loan Mondale is especially proud that

. it'ContemporaW Favored the government has taken the lead

Joan Mondale has put a I in a number of innovative arts projo
spotlight on contemporary it is to the struggling young ecrs. Through the Federal Council
i-?f American art by melting the Vice artists that Mondale shows. her most on the Arts and the Humanities, of
"?iiPresident's house a Showplace for enthusiastic support. ?The modern which she is the honorary chair:
.?the best in contemporary American American woman artist lacks neither person, $300,000 worth of art works
arts and crafts. Collections from talent nor trainingfl she said in a will be displayed in Veterans
regional museums have graced the - speech to the Women?s-Caucus for Administration hospitals, and an
'Vice President?s house over the past Art last year. ?She lacks only opporr artist in residence program will begin
three years. The first collection was tunity, and the time has come to at the VA Medical Center in Hines. 

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illinois, near Chicago.

,?These programs will benefit the
veterans who use the medical
centers?for the arts will nurture
their spirit?and. it will also help the
fine professional artists in our
country,? Mondale said. The VA
and the National Endowment for
the Arts will select and commission
works of art for 15 hospitals.

Although she is best known for?
her work in support of the arts, -
-Mondale has found that arts and
politics can certainly mix. Last May,
she helped raise money for the
Women's Campaign Fund by
sponsoring a reception to unveil a
limited edition of photographs by
nOted artists. Ernest Haas, Eve 
Arnold and Jill Freedman were
among the phOtographers whose
works were represented.

Combining her two favorite sub-
jects: politics and art, Joan Mondale
lobbies for the arts by showing how
the arts can be good business.

To mayors, governors, city
managers and the Maryland state
legislature, she has given a slide talk
on what the arts can do fOr cities.

She uses ?before" and ?after" slides 

of places she has yjsited, showing
how art has brought strength and

$2.2 Million In
Grants Awarded
For Humanities
Projects

The International Women?s Year
resolution on arts and humanities
urges the President to take steps to
require that women benefit more
fairly from government grants for
the?arts. in support of this aim, the
National Endowment for the

Humanities has awarded more than

$2.2 million in grants related to
women?s studies 1n history,
philosophy, and literature in fiscal
year 1979.

- One of 60 projects supported by
the National Endowment was a film
recently aired on Public Broad-
casting Service, "Under This Sky:
Elizabeth Cady Stanton in Kansas.?
it depicts Stanton?s 1867 Kansas
campaign with Susan B. Anthony to
seek women's voting rights in that
state. Funding for the film was also 
provided by the Rockefeller

Foundation.
Other projects ranged from a

Study of the sociology of women in

New York City to a seminar on
women in American literature
during 1870-1920. Grants were given
to complete a film on women in .
prison and a rehabilitation program,
to conduct a conference on the
history of black women in America,
and to produce a film on women 5
work in heavy manufacturing during
World War II.

?We are committed to

aggressively supporting progams and
activities in the humanities that will

. increase our understanding of the 

tremendous impact women have
made on our history and culture,?
said Joe Duffey, National
Endowment chairman.

The National Endowment for
the Arts has awarded 303 grants to
individual women artists during the
past year. That is 30.9 percent of the
total grants given.

The greatest number of grants to
women were given in literature,
visual arts and music. The greatest .
percentage of grants to women were 
awarded in dance, education, 
museum, and special projects. 

 

 

vitality to downtown areas. . National Endowment Female Male 
. for the Arts Total Total Percent .Total Percent
Mondale herself has best . 7 - .
described her role: try to be a Challenge Grants . . . . . . 1 100.0 7 0 00.0
catalyst. And ifI have any success, 'Dance Program 60 36 60.0 Z4 1 ;40.0
it is in getting people to do things I Design Arts Program 89- - 2? . 30.3 62 _j 70.0
couldn?t do myself. I can Open doors Education (Artist in Schools) . . 6 3 50.0 . 3 - -. 50.0
and let other people bring their Expansion Arts Program 1 6 6 100.0 0 00.0
good ideas with them." Federal?State Partnership 4 2 50.0 50.0
- Folk Arts Program 27 3 711.1 . 24 I- 88.9 -
international/lnternships 4 1 25.0 3 75.0
Literature Program . . 241 74 30.7 i 167 . 69.3
. Media Arts Program 28 9 32.1 19 67.9
or more Information, Museum Program ll - 6 54.5 5 45.5
coma?: Rammed Music Program 224 39 17.4 185 "82.6 
. Endowment for the Opera?Musical Theater . 1 - 00.0 00.0
. Humanines, Patr1c1a rAllen, Special Constituencies 0 0 00.0 0 -: ;00.0
Mall ?top 351' 806 13511 Stu SpecialProjects 29 12 41.4 17 58. 6
- Washington. DC 20306 ,Theater Program . 2 00.0 2 100 
(203) 724 0356 and Visual Arts Program 248 8-4 33.9 16+ . 66.1

National Endou ment for the Arts
2401 Street, N. W.
Washington, C. (202) 634-6369

Combined program grants: 305 130.0%!
mule grunts: 677 

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Presidential
Appointments 
Update

-Woman to Head 
Department of Education 

The President?s recent 7
nomination of Shirley Hufstedler as
Secretary of the newly-formed
Department of Education marked
_the third time he has selected a

. woman for a Cabinet position. If
'_Hufstedler is con?rmed, she will be
the sixth woman in U. S. history to
hold a Cabinet post.

President Carter has always
recognized the talents of women and
- "1 the contributions they make to
American society. Acting on this, he
has nominated and appointed them
to top federal government jobs and
_federal judgeships.

The following [5 an update of .
women named from mid-August
through October:

I, AiJIJointments

Alcee L. Hastings, US.
District Judge for the Southern
District of Florida.

Anne Elise Thompson, U. 

. District Judge for the District of

New Jersey.
Judicial Nominations AWaiting
Confirmation

7 Dorothy W. Nelson of

California, U. S. Circuit Judge for
-the Ninth CirCuit.

Stephanie K. Seymour of

fit-Oklahoma, U. S. Circuit Judge for
:the Tenth Circuit.

Government
Appointments

Marjorie Craig Benton of
Illinois, Executive Board of the a
United Nations Children?s Fund.

Hanna Baird of Kentucky,
- National Advisory Council on
- Economic Opportunity.

A - California, Board of Directors,

Antonia Handler Chayes of

Massachusetts, Under Secretary of

the Air Force.

Lily Lee Chen of California,
National Advisory Cooncil on
Adult Education.?

Reva Crawford of Oklahoma, 

National Advisory Council on

Adult Education.

L. C. Dorsey of Mississippi,

National Advisory Council on -
Economic Opportunity. 
Hazel N. Dukes of New
York, National Advisory Council on
Economic Opportunity. -
Ruby Duncan of Nevada,
National Advisory Council on 1
Economic Opportunity. .
Frances Edmunds of South

Carolina, Advisory Council on

Historic Preservation.

Constance E. Gomes of
Rhode Island, National Advisory
Council on the Education of
Disadvantaged Children.

Frances H. Goodwin of
Texas, National Highway Safety
Advisory Committee. 

- Linda Hadley of Arizona, -

. I National Advisory Council on

Economic Opportunity.

Monica Herrera-Smith of

Federal Prison Industries, Inc.

Gloria C. Jimenez of North

Carolina, Associate Director, Federal
. Emergency Management Agency.

Sara Elisabeth Lister,

General Counsel for the US. Army. 7

- 7 Victoria Lederberg of Rhode
Island, Chair, Advisory Panel on
Financing Elementary and
Secondary Education. 

Christine P. Marston of
Washington, National Advisory

Council on Economic Opportunity. 

Dorothy L. Mattison of
Tennessee, Advisory Panel on

Financing Elementary and

Secondary Education.

- Mary C. Mulvey of Rhode
Island, Federal Council on the
Aging.

Evelyn P. Murphy of
Massachusetts, Chair, National

Advisory Committee on Oceans and
Atmosphere. .

Barbara W. Newell of
Massachusetts, to rank of 
ambassador during her service as
U.S. permanent representative to

UNESCO.

. Mildred T. Nichols 0111101.. 
Island, National Advisory Council

on Adult Education.

Jean]. Perdue of Florida,
Federal Council on the Aging.

Bernadette Phillips of
Florida, National Advisory Council
on Adult Education.

Nancy V. Rawls of Florida,
Ambassador to the Republic of
Ivory Coast.

Deborah D. Richards of
Washington, National Highway

. Safety Advisory Committee.

Margaret C. Simms of

7 Georgia, Advisory Panel on
Financing Elementary and

Secondary Education.

I Adele D. Spielberger of

7 Florida, National Highway Safety 
Advisory Committee. -

Rachel B. Tompkins of

I. 7 Ohio, National Advisory Council

on the Education of Disadvantaged

Children

Bobbie Walden of Alabama,

National Advisory Council on

Adult Education.

Patricia F. Waller. of North

Carolina, National Highway Safety

Advisory Committee.

Carolyn Warner of Arizona,

"Advisory Panel on Financing
Elementary and Secondary

Education.

Evelyn Watts of Florida,
National Advisory COuncil on

Economic Opportunity.

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Federal Government
Appointments Awaiting
Confirmation

Carolyn- L. Attneave of
Washington, National Advisory
Council on Women's Education
Programs.

Joan Z. Bernstein of
Maryland, General Counsel,
Department of Health, Education,
and Welfare.

Patricia M. Byrne of Ohio,
Ambassador to the Socialist
Republic of the Union of Burma.

Esther Coopersmith of
Maryland, represent the United
States at the 34th session of the
General Assembly of the United
Nations.

Alice Daniel of California,
Assistant Attorney General, Civil
Division, Justice Department.

Ruth M. Davis of Maryland,

Assistant Secretary of Resource

Application, Department of Energy.

Margaret Joan Giannini,
Director of the National Institute of
Handicapped Research.

Genta A. Hawkins of
California, Assistant Administrator
of the Agency for International
Development.

Jean L. Hennessey of New
Hampshire, Commissioner of the
International Joint Commission



Anne F. Holloway of the
District of Columbia, Ambassador

to the Republic of Mali.
Shirley Hufstedler of

California, Secretary of the
Department of Education,
California.

Inez 8. Reid of New York,
Inspector General of the
Environmental Pretection Agency.

Hazel R. Rollins of the
District of Columbia Administrator
of the Economic Regulatory
Administration, Department of
Energy.

Susan J. Williams, Assistant

Secretary of Transportation

for Intergovernmental and
Congressional Affairs.

 

 

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Vivian 
Director of the U. Secretariat for
the Mid- Decade World Canference

on Women

to
Coordinate -
U.S. Work on.
Mid?Decade 
Conference

Vivian has been
appointed director of the US.
Secretariat for the Mid?Decade
Conference on the United Nations
International Women Decade. The
conference will be July 1460,1980,
in Copenhagen.

The International Women's
Decade began in 1975. The
Copenhagen meeting will take stoclt
of progress from that time and set

- priorities for the next five years.

Themes for the conference are
employment, health and education.

As director of the Secretariat, an

(1.

independent office in the State

Department, will coordinate
development of policy papers for
U5. participation .in the conference.
She will be working with women?s
organizations to see that the views
of all American women are

represented.

Education/International -. 

I Affairs Background

comes to her new
assignment with a background in
education and international affairs,
especially African affairs. She
formerly worked in the Women in
Development office of the Agency
for International Development. She 
recently completed a-year?s study
comparing formal, traditional educa-
tion with shorter, job skills training
for third world women.-- 

34, holds a BA from
Chatham College and an MA in in-
ternational affairs from Columbia
University. In 1972-73, she
developed African curriculum for
middle school children at the BOSton 
Educational Development Center.
From 1973 to 1977, she taught
curriculum development at the
University of Liberia. She has
taught African art, hisrory, and
politics at City Community: College
of New York, and also worked at
the African American Institute in

. New York. . 

Derry-ck was the ?rsr woman
member of the Council on Foreign
Relations. She also served on the
House Committee on Population

Consultation.

An upcoming issue of White
House News on Women will outline
plans for the Copenhagen meeting.

For more information, contact:
Vivian 
Director
U.S. Secretariat 
WCUNDW, I980 - 
Room 1004

Department of State,

shington, D..C 20520

or call her at (202) 632 9016f1

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What a child eats determines how she
develops. Without proper nutrition, a
child simply doesn?t have the some
chance for a full and healthy life.

1 That?s where steps in. -

Two USDA Food
Programs Aid

Women

would have been very
. discouraged and it had not
:?rbeen for the program."
Arizona recipient
Each month more than one
;.'million mothers and children get
nutritious food through the
qqupplemental Food Program for
.-?-Women, Infants and Children
1'1: 
package might include

fruit juice, cheese, eggs. milk and

.fortified cereal. ?They give you these

foods, but they also counsel you,"
said one Missouri recipient. Along
with the food, clinics offer lessons
on nutrition and food preparation
to help mothers understand why
diet is so important to their
children's development.
r' .-To qualify for pregnant-
mothers and children must
be individually certified as ?nutrition
risks" because of dietary needs and
low?income. Physicians. nurses and

 

FEDERAL PROGRAM NEWS I

nutritionists assess each person?s
health and dietary needs. ?If it
hadn?t been for the W1C program, I
would never have known that our
blood counts were low," said one

Alabama woman.

The W1C staff urges each
woman and child to eat food high
in protein, iron, calcium, vitamin A
and vitamin C. Clinics provide such
food in one of three ways:

0 They obtain food from local firms

and distribute it directly,
0 they arrange for home delivery,
and .
0 they give mothers vouchers to
exchange for specific items at 
groceries. . 
W1C is administered by the US.
Department of Agriculture, state
governments and local agencies.

Another USDA program affect-
ing women is food stamps, which
help low-income households pur?
chase food. Eligible families get 
coupons which they can exchange
for food at authorized stores.

 

Most W1C participants get an average
of $20 worth of food per month throztgh
the program. Each clinic makes sure the
women know how to best use the foods
they receive. 

 

 

 

 

 

?They give you
these foods, but
they also counsel
you." 

 

 

Food stamps first became
available in 1961. By 1978, 

participation averaged 16 million

people. Women head 68 percent of
all food stamp households. \Vomen
living alone make up 64 percent of
all elderly households in the I.
program. - 

    

or more information

. on the programs, write 
Robert Greenstein, Administrator,
Food and Nutrition Service,

US. Department of Agriculture,
Washington. D.C. 20250.

  

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Weddingtoni
Work on 
Women?s Issues
'Expands

When Sarah Weddington moved
up in the White House, to Senior
Staff, so did women's issues.

Despite reassurances by the
Administration that women's issues
continue to be a top priority,

omen leaders ere concerned
that eddington' 5 promotion would
mean less emphasis.

In her new role, Weddington
chose to keep women's concerns
within her area of responsibility.
The promotion means women have

i more time. not less. In addition to
Weddington's continuing involve-
ment, the White HOuse permitted
the expansion of her office.

New Deputy Added

Sarah Weddirigton selected
Linda Tarr-Whelan as her Deputy
for women?s concerns. Tarr-Whelan
adds a new dimension to White
House work on women's issues. She
comes to Washington after two years
as Administrative, Director of New
York's Department of Labor.

She has over a decade's ex.
perience in labor and organizing.
Her top priority will be the ERA.
She will coordinate the efforts of the
Interdepartmental Task Force on
Women, established by the President
to recommend policy changes

- throughout the Federal government.

When Weddington joined the
White House staff she inherited the
basement offices of her predecessor
in the Wesr Wing of the White
House. Her office is now on the top
floor.

?l never thought of it as the
basement.? says Weddington. 
thought of it- as the ground floor. it
is not only a difterenace in attitude
hut an indication of the nature of a
southern method of leadership.

The .record to date reflects an
extension of the Equal Rights
Amendment and nearly 503 women
appointed by President Carterto
positions of power in the F?eral
government.

Women to Help
President 
on Agenda
for the ?803

To identify long-term issues and
goals for the United States,
President Carter has created a
special commission to recommend a
National Agenda for the Eighties;

The question of equal rights in
our society will be one focus for the
independent, nonpartisan carn?
mission. Other areas iiL ely to be
studied are inflation, energy pro-
ductivity, and quality of life.

The President selected William
McGill, president of Columbia
University, to chair the pane-i. Of
the 20 COmmissioners named to

- serve with him, eight are women.

The panel members already chosen
will recommend an additional 29
private citizens to the President for.

- Commission membership.

The women already serving are:
Pastora San Juan Cafferty,
professor, University of Chicago;
. Marian Edelman, director,
Children's Defense Fund;
Dorothy Height, president,
National Council of Negro ?W?omen;
Ruth Hinerfeld, president,
League of Women Vorers;
Matina Hornet, president,
Radcliffe College;
Juanita Kreps, former US.
Secretary of Commerce; 
Esther Landa, past president
National Council of Jewish omen;
and



Elspeth Rostow, dean.
Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public

Affairs.

The Commission on the Agenda
for the Eighties is an outgrowth of
the President?s discussions with 
national leaders at Camp David in
July. It has been 15 years since a
national panel took a broad based

look at American society to focus

policy leaders on the future.

Advisory

Committee 
Information

Available -

Women interested in serving on
national advisory panels may find a
useful reference tool in a report
entitled ?Federal Advisory
Committees.? The book lists all
advisory committees, the agencies

. under which they Operate, names of

members and contact persons,

. phone numbers and addresses.

It could also serve as a guide to
g0vernment groups doing specialized
research. .

To order the report, writeithe
Superintendent of Documents, . 
U.S. Government Printing Office, 
Washington. DC. 20402, and ask
for stock number 040-000-00406?6,
and give the title. It costs $5.25.

 

on hat? happening in the PedEral
Government that affects women. We
would appreciate your sharing?bt?his
newsletter with others you thinL
would be interested in it. Also,1

please feel free to use excerpts 

from the newsletter in your Own
publications.

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actress Barbara Feldon and
businessman Coy Eklund. They
I. w?ere? joined by other long-time sup-
porters of the ERA, including Liz
Carpenter and Elly Peterson, who
have served as co?chairs of

'ERAmerica .

[The ERA Battle
1 52,5"; ?1 Old/ young, men/women,
. 1; ?jDemocrat/Republican, they heard
5: ?fl?resident Carter say that the ERA
I .rf?i's not a transient thing. It is a per-
iff?manent, deep commitmentof many
7? people, including all of you."
. . think we must go all Out to
.prevail in these difficult tests of
?strength,? Carter said at the recep?
tion. He outlined the battle plan in
stark" terms:
flOn the one side, a heavy
majority of Americans, 3 heavy
. _..:ea.tnajority of governOrs, seven
s?SZPresidents, both parties, a heavy

. 
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.

. At an October 23?session,
the President?s Advisory Committee for Women worked with President Carter or:
plans for encouraging rati?cation of the Equal Rights Amendment.

if? ERA

_c0ntinued from page 1

majority in Congress, people who
know what?s right and who believe
in fairness dedicated to the ratifica-

tion of ERA.

?On the other side, a minority
representing no party, not repre-
senting a majority of any elected
group of people, but basing their
stand on intense feelings which they
exemplify in every contest and
bene?tting from inertia, benefitting
from confusion, benefitting from
rumor, benefitting, quite often, from
political timidity, benefitting,
however, from a tight, close'ltnit,
well-organized, dedicated Opposition
force.

?The only way to deal with that
kind of Opposition is to have a tight,
well-knit, well-organized force to
present the facts to the American
peOple and to analyze state by state
where are the crucial votes," he said.

?We've got to put aside the
inclination that we all have to find a
scapegoat on which to blame a
temporary setback," Carter warned

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the group. ?Our course is a proper
one, our cause is right. And i
predict next year we will win. l'm
determined to do so if you?ll help



me. 

Unratified States

To ensure adequate time for
states to consider rati?cation,
President Carter supported and
signed into law a resolution passed
by the 95th Congress extending the
ERA rati?cation deadline until
June 22, 1982.

. The President's family, Vice
President Waiter Mondale, and
White House congressiorial liaison
staff worked for passage of the
extension.

Three more states are needed for
ERA ratification. The 15 states
which have not ratified are:
Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas,
Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana.
Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada,
North Carolina, Oklahoma, Soath
Carolina, Utah, and Virginia.

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