Student Resources
"Chronology of the Equal Rights Amendment, 1923-1996." National Organization for Women. Accessed July 31, 2021. https://now.org/resource/chronology-of-the-equal-rights-amendment-1923-1996/.
Equal Rights Amendment." Equal Rights Amendment. Accessed July 31, 2021. https://www.equalrightsamendment.org/resources.
"Gender Pay Gap in U.S. Held Steady in 2020." Pew Research Center. Last modified May 25, 2021. https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2021/05/25/gender-pay-gap-facts/.
Ginsburg, Ruth B., and Wendy W. Williams. My Own Words. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2016.
"In 25 Years, the Pay Gap Has Shrunk by Just 8 Cents." The New York Times - Breaking News, U.S. News, World News, and Videos. Last modified March 25, 2021. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/24/us/equal-pay-day-explainer.html.
"Mother and Daughter Do the Same Job. Why Does One Make $9 More an Hour?" The New York Times - Breaking News, U.S. News, World News, and Videos. Last modified May 11, 2021. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/10/opinion/home-health-wages.html?
"Research Guides: American Women: Topical Essays: The Long Road to Equality: What Women Won from the E.R.A. Ratification Effort." Research Guides at Library of Congress. Last modified March 22, 2019. https://guides.loc.gov/american-women-essays/era-ratification-effort.
Ross, Michael E. She Takes a Stand: 16 Fearless Activists Who Have Changed the World. Chicago: Chicago Review Press, 2015.
"Women in Politics: A Timeline." Share America. Last modified March 1, 2021. https://share.america.gov/women-in-politics-timeline/.
"The Equal Rights Amendment: The Most Popular Never-ratified Amendment." The National Archives, December 2003.
Speeches:
Gloria Steinem- May 6, 1970- Her speech for the E.R.A. testifying to Congress.
Gloria Steinem at Women's March on Washington - Full Speech- January 23, 2017.
Phyllis Schlafly- 1977- Counter speech to the International Women’s Conference.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg and the value of diversity- Full speech, 2009.
Shirley Chisholm – “For the Equal Rights Amendment”- August 10, 1970, Washington, DC.
Movies:
Amend: The Fight for America 2021 Netflix (6- part series) hosted by Will Smith
Will Smith hosts this look at the evolving, often lethal, fight for equal rights in America through the U.S. Constitution's 14th Amendment lens.
Equal means Equal- 2016 documentary Kamala Lopez
This groundbreaking exploration of gender inequality in the U.S.A. features top women's rights activists and leaders. The film is a brutal expose of a broken system and reignites the dialogue on full equality for all Americans.
Mrs. America 2020 Hulu 9-part series
Mrs. America is an American historical drama television miniseries produced by F.X.
We Rise A Film from the Center for Women's History- www.nyhistory.org/we-rise.
Narrated by Meryl Streep and featuring the song "We Are Here," written and composed by Alicia Keys, "We Rise" places women at the center of political thought and action that reshaped the country in the early 20th century.
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