Today is Women’s Equality Day! 105 years ago, women finally won the right to vote in the United States. 55 years ago, Betty Friedan called on women to stand up for their rights, and thousands of women across the country marched and rallied. The second wave women’s movement was official! Today those women and men are the Veteran Feminists [...]
Barbara F. Materka, a lifelong fighter for human rights and women's rights, died peacefully in her home on Turtle Creek Blvd at the age of 99, surrounded by loving family in the days preceding her death. Barbara was a member of the VFA, and SMU student interviews of her can be viewed in our "Fabulous Feminists" ebook. She served [...]
The Equal Rights Amendment is back on Capitol Hill - 36 years since its last hearing and nearly a century since the amendment to guarantee equal rights to women was first introduced in Congress. Democratic Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney of New York in January again sponsored a resolution to restart the ratification process needed to add the amendment to the US constitution. [...]