Letters from Mesa school children about the ERA
Item
- Title
- Letters from Mesa school children about the ERA
- Rights
- Rights to reproduce and publish belong to the Arizona Historical Society. Permission granted November 3rd, 2021.
- Creator
- Mesa school district and associated students
- Date
- April 20, 1972 C.E.
- Description
- A collection of letters sent by schoolchildren of Mesa, Arizona, urging Senator Harold Giss to vote against the Equal Rights Amendment. These children, both boys and girls, were middle school aged at the time and expressed their concerns about the roles women would play in society should the bill be passed. They focus a lot on the fear of women being drafted, leaving children across the country, homeless and belonging to the system.
- Format
- Handwritten letters, ink and paper.
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Arizona Historical Society Digital Collections.
- Contributor
- Faith N. Cooksey
- Identifier
- Arizona Historical Society Digital Collections. 100-0003042.
- Subject
- Equal Rights Amendment; feminism; women’s rights; government; education; Senator Griss; Mesa.
- Source
- PNG file. Arizona Historical Society Digital Collections. 11/04/21. https://azhsarchives.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/eraaz/id/40/rec/10
- Site pages
- The Equal Rights Amendment
