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April 6, 1921: There is great optimism being expressed today at National Woman’s Party headquarters that the rest of the fight for women’s equality may be much shorter than the multi-generational struggle to end sex discrimination in regard to voting rights.Led by Elsie Hill, sixty members of the N.W.P.
The Woman’s Party’s principal goal at the moment is the Equal Rights Bill, which would eliminate all forms of sex discrimination in the Federal Government and equalize all Federal laws. It was just two months ago that the National Woman’s Party held its first convention since last year’s successful ratification of the Susan B. Anthony Amendment.
The fact that Republicans control the White House as well as both Senate and House also bodes well for rapid progress for women. In the Senate, on June 4, 1919, it was 20 Democrats in favor and 17 opposed , with 36 Republicans in favor and 8 against that provided the 2/3 required here as well. Of course, it was a Democratic Governor who called a Democratic Legislature into session in Tennessee which provided the all-important 36th and final ratification needed, while Republican governors in Vermont and Connecticut refused to take similar actions.
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