Form letter from Senator Sandra Day O'Connor, February 18, 1974, re: Equal Rights Amendment

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Title: Form letter from Senator Sandra Day O'Connor, February 18, 1974, re: Equal Rights Amendment
Rights: From the collection of the History and Archives Division, Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records. Copyright and/or publication rights for all items in this collection are retained by this institution. Permission granted November 3rd, 2021 by Wendi Goen.
Creator: O’Connor, Sandra Day (b. 1930)
Date: February 18th, 1974 C.E.
Description: In this typed letter by Sandra Day O'Connor, she responds to an inquiry on the Equal Rights Amendment ratification by saying she does not believe it will be ratified by the coming vote, despite her support. She explains that there are misconceptions regarding the ERA and what it aims to do, seeing as some believe it is stripping women's rights but in reality it is just providing legal and governmental equality between genders. She expresses that the ERA should be discussed more openly with Arizona citizens in order to educate as well as take a vote on it.
Format: Letter, typed then printed with black ink.
Language: English
Publisher: Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records. History and Archives Division.
Contributor: Faith N. Cooksey
Identifier: Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records. History and Archives Division. RG097_SG006_B004_F0007_I001_letter.pdf
Subject: Equal Rights Amendment; Sandra Day O’Connor; 1974; Arizona; feminism; letter.
Source: PDF file. Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records. History and Archives Division. 11/02/21. https://azmemory.azlibrary.gov/digital/collection/archgov/id/481

Item sets: Local Liberation: Examining the waves of feminism from past and present in Arizona.

Site pages: The Equal Rights Amendment

Media: O'Connor_ERA.pdf