Correspondence: Support for the passage of H.J. Res. 264 without Amendment (ERA).
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- See all items with this valueDiscrimination in employment
- See all items with this valueEqual rights amendments--United States
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(Kansas Press Woman logo) KANSAS PRESS WOMEN
apt. No. 523
1629 West 37th Ter.
Topeka, Kan., 66609
Dec. 4, 1970
(stamp) SENATOR BOB DOLE
RECEIVED
DEC 7 1970
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20510
Sen. Robert Dole
Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sen. Dole:
As a woman in the communications field and one who has become vitally interested in the field of women's rights, I would like to register my objections to the Senate's treatment of the women's rights bill.
After years of being completely ignored, the bill was finally introduced in the House this year and passed by an overwhelming vote, only to be pushed aside and treated with what I consider to be nothing short of contempt by certain members of the Senate.
Perhaps the enclosed clipping from a recent issue of the Capital-Journal's Midway Magazine of a story I did will further explain my thoughts on this subject.
I think it is time that certain Senators came out of the Dark Ages and recognized the fact that women are human too, and have as much right to equal protection of the law as do Negroes, Indians and Mexican-Americans.
I think many Senators should remember that women are a voting majority in this nation and the killing of the women's rights bill by ignoring it, by not having the courage to vote on it, and it alone, doesn't sit too well with many of us.
and as a Congressman who supposedly is very close to the White House, I'd like you to know that the lack of interest on the part of President Nixon in women's rights and his failure to appoint women to top jobs in his administration is also a subject of deep concern to many women today.
Sincerely,
(Kathie Donnelly's signature)
Kathie Donnelly
Secretary
Kansas Press Women
(page 2)
November 20, 1970
Memo from -
Peg Vines
(stamp) SENATOR BOB DOLE
RECEIVED
NOV 23 1970
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20510
To Senator Bob Dole of Kansas:
I urge you to support Rep. Griffiths' resolution, H.J. Res. 264, without amendment.
As the working mother of seven children and also the major support of this family, I feel this legislation is long overdue. It's only a start--but it's in the right direction. I am promoting this Equal Rights movement in every way that I can in my business and in my home--trying to change attitudes, which is not easy. As my lawmaker, you have a wonderful opportunity to put substance behind our appeals.
Please don't let this session go by without getting on the line in support of this legislation. I don't need chairs pulled out for me at dinner tables nearly so much as I need a fair shake for the good jobs for me, and the five of my children who are girls.
(Peg Vines's signature)
835 Spaulding, Wichita, KS
(page 3)
December 9, 1970
(handwritten) Leg- equal rights
Mrs. Peg Vines
835 Spaulding
Wichita, Kansas 67203
Dear Mrs. Vines:
This will acknowledge and thank you for your recent letter urging my support of H. J. Res. 264, the Equal Rights Amendment.
This amendment was considered on the Senate Floor, but the measure was never brought to a vote, and nothing will be done during this session of Congress. It is expected, however, that this will be re-introduced in the next session. I supported this measure, as I realize the need for equality in job opportunity and, particularly, equal pay for equal work.
Thanks for sharing your views with me, and if I may be of assistance in any way, please let me know.
Sincerely yours,
BOB DOLE
U. S. Senate
BD:em
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National Federation of Republican Women
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Area Code 202-484-6670
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Mes. J. 8. Parks
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Pueblo, Colo. 81005
November 10, 1970
Honorable Robert J. Dole
Room 2327
Senate Office Building
Washington, D. C.
Dear Senator Dole:
In response to a request from Senator Birch Bayh, many vitally interested organizations have reviewed his substitute amendment #1062. We have almost unanimously agreed that this is unacceptable.
With the crowded short session which will convene Monday, November 16th, we feel the time is not right, nor the climate favorable for proper consideration of the Equal Rights Amendment and it is our hope that it (H. J. Res. 264) together with the substitute will be dropped for this session.
If the proper procedure to accomplish this is the removal of your name as a sponsor of the substitute #1062, we hope that you will do so.
Respectfully,
(Gladys O'Donnell's signature)
Gladys O'Donnell (Mrs. J. Lloyd)
President. NFRW
GO/oj
(page 5)
November 3, 1970
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Mr. and Mrs. David Whipple
504 Louisiana
Lawrence, Kansas 66044
Dear Mr. and Mrs. Whipple:
This will acknowledge and thank you for your letter of October 28, expressing your support for S. J. Res. 61, the proposed Amendment to the Constitution which would provide Rqual Rights for Women.
As you perhaps know, H. J. Res. 264, a similar proposal, passed the House of Representatives and was debated for a short while on the Senate Floor prior to the election recess. S. J. Res. 61, of which I am a co-sponsor, is now pending before the Senate Judiciary Committee. The Senate is scheduled to resume debate on the equal rights amendment sometime after the recess, although it is impossible at this time to predict what the final outcome of the proposal will be due to the various amendments that have been added to the amendment and the heavy schedule for the Senate for November and December.
In any event, I appreciate knowing your views on this amendment, and you may be assured they will be kept in mind as the Senate resumes consideration of H. J. Res. 264.
Thank you again for writing, and if I my be of assistance to you in any way, please contact me.
Sincerely yours,
BOB DOLE
U. S. Senate
BD/jbh
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(stamp) SENATOR BOB DOLE
RECEIVED
OCT 3 1970
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20510
Leoti, Kansas
29 September 1970
Senator Robert Dole
United States Senate
Washington, D. C.
Dear Senator Dole
This is to add my voice to those who stand for equality for women. My thinking is that:
1. Women are entitled to equal pay for equal work.
2. Women should not be disqualified from jobs because of sex.
3. Women should have adequate care provided for children during hours spent on the job.
4. Baby-sitter feeds should be exempt from tax if related to jobs.
Sincerely yours,
(Ruby R. Downs's signature)
Ruby B. Downs
(Mrs. Horace R.)
(page 7)
(stamp) SENATOR BOB DOLE
RECEIVED
OCT 2 1970
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20510
WEAL
WOMEN'S EQUITY ACTION LEAGUE
Marian Ash
Dr. Daryl J. Bem
Dr. Sandra L. Bem
Caroline Bird
Dr. Elizabeth Boyer
Marjorie M. Childs
Christine Y. Conaway
Grace D. Cox
Dr. Nancy E. Dowding
Dorothy Fuldheim
Cong. Martha W. Griffiths
Dorothy Haener
Dorothy Hamler
Judge Marion J. Harron
Judge Olive L. Holmes
Phineas Indritz
Dr. Hazel B. Kerper
Judge Blanche Krupansky
Emily L. Leedy
Maxine G. Levin
Grace A. Martin
Dr. Elizabeth R. Miller
Paige Palmer
Margeurite Rawalt
Helen J. Roig
Betty Royon
Lillian Steward
Frances P. Taft
Carolyn E. Temin
10700 Lockridge Drive
Silver Spring, Md. 20901
25 October 1970
Senator Birch Bayh
U.S. Senate
Washington, D.C. 20510
Dear Senator Bayh
As you know, the Women's Equity Action League has been particularly active in supporting the Equal Rights Amendment. Last May I testified before your Subcommittee concerning the effect that the Equal Rights Amendment would have on discriminatory practices in education. Other WEAL members also testified on behalf of the E.R.A., and our members have been working hard to build support for it.
The proposed substitute raises many questions and problems, and some of our concerns are as follows:
1. The proposed substitute does not paraphrase the entire 14th Amendment. Thus it implies that the remainder of the l4th -- the due process clause, and the privileges and immunities clause -- does not apply to women.
2. It is our view that the equal protection clause has not been used to extend the rights of an individual woman but it has been applied to restrict the conditions upon women on the theory of reasonable classification. Legal interpretations have not been on the basis that the 14th Amendment does not apply to women but on the basis of sex as
a "reasonable classification" which does not violate the l4th Amendment. It is this "reasonable classification" -- under 14th Amendment interpretation -- which has ‘protected' women from employment of their choice, kept them off juries, kept them out of some tax-supported schools, etc.
3. The proposed substitute would enhance the notion of "reasonable classification" as exemplified in your speech introducing it where you refer to "recognizing the need for a flexible standard in cases where different treatment under the law may be justified." Thus, already in the legislative history is the principal of "reasonable classification" embodied and espoused. It is the unreasonableness of this "reasonable classification" and the subsequent inequities, that have led to the drive for the Equal Rights Amendment. To allow for such "different treatment" is no advance for our cause whatsoever.
4. Should such a substitute amendment be passed by the Congress, it would be seen as a verification of Congressional acknowledgment that the 14th Amendment does not apply to women. From the time of such passage until such time as ratification was secured, all cases currently underway under the 14th Amendment would be jeopardized in a way in which they currently are not, because of the implication that the 14th would not in any way apply to women.
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If it took the full seven years for ratification, during that time it would be very difficult to successfully argue in Court that the 14th did indeed apply to women. At worst, if the substitute were passed by the Congress but not ratified, this would freeze into being that the 14th does not apply to women at all.
In short, the substitute is not a substitute for the Equal Rights Amendment at all. It would not give us the constitutional base with which to move forward in abolishing discriminatory differential treatment based on sex, and indeed might even be harmful and retrogressive in its effects.
It is therefore with much regret that I inform you that we cannot in any way support this substitute. We have long been grateful for your help and your support in the area of women's rights. But we would ask you now, to seriously consider officially withdrawing this Amendment. We know it will be difficult for you to do this. We also know that the continuing struggle to get passage of the Equal Rights Amendment will be a difficult one. We need your support on this.
With best wishes,
(Bernice Sandler's signature)
(Dr.) Bernice Sandler, Chairman,
Action Committee for Federal Contract Compliance in Education,
Women's Equity Action League (WEAL)
cc: All Senators sponsoring the Equal Rights Amendment
Representatives Chisholm, Dwyer, Green, Griffiths, Heckler, May, Mink, Hansen, Reid, and Sullivan
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R F D #2
Great Bend,
Kansas 67530
August 14, 1970
(stamp) SENATOR BOB DOLE
RECEIVED
AUG 18 1970
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20510
The Honorable Robert Dole
United States Senate
Washington, D. C.
Dear Senator Dole:
I was talking with a friend the other day about the current bill on "Equal Rights for Women", and we feel that this bill is unreasonable.
My friend and I are both 19, and have been brought up with the understanding that a woman was created as a companion for man, and not as a different shape or size made to represent the same.
If women would stop and think, we feel they would realize they would not want to dig ditches, collect garbage or even be drafted. If women receive their "equal rights", a few may come up with black eyes and crushed feelings because some man got mad and "let her have it"! With "equal rights", what does she expect?
I have heard women complain about the low wages for women. Most of these have been women who should be home with their children instead of working anyway. Very seldom have I heard complaints from women who have to work for a living because their husbands are sick or have passed away.
We may only be 19, but we are women; women who believe men should be our superiors.
We would appreciate your reply and views on this subject, and if you are in full or part agreement with us, please tell us what we can do to make other women realize they do not want to be "equal to a man".
Very truly yours,
(Kay Engleman's signature)
(page 10)
(letter handwritten)
Independence, Kansas
aug; 18, 1970
Dear Senator Dole,
Please vote against women having equal rights as men. It is not Biblical!! I Peter 3 says: Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands.
Titus 2: 4 & 5 (unintelligible) "Though they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to have their children, to be discreet, chaste, keepers of home, good, (intelligible) to their own husbands-."
I Timothy 2:12- (unintelligible) I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to (unintelligible) authority over the man, but to be in silence.
Yes, I'm a woman and I have worked in the past, but I don't want the responsibility of making the living. My place is to take care of the home.
I still appreciate you and your good help for the Republican party.
Mrs. Harold Hinthern
(stamp) SENATOR BOB DOLE
RECEIVED
AUG 21 1970
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20510
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(stamp) RECEIVED
FEB 15 1969
BOB DOLE
Kansas Federation
BUSINESS and PROFESSIONAL WOMEN'S CLUB INC.
Hoisington, Kansas
February 10, 1969
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Senator Robert Dole
United States Senate
Washington, D.C.
Dear Senator Dole:
The Equal Rights Amendment is the number one item on the Legislative Platform of our National Federation and shares an equal spot on our State Platform. I am writing to thank you for your support in sponsoring the amendment for I know that we have had your cooperation while you were in the House of Representatives. We earnestly solicit your continued support for the passage of the Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution.
We are having a State Legislative Conference in Topeka at the Ramada Inn on February 24, 1969, and our State President, Roberta Sharp of Abilene, and I are wishing that you might have a chance to be in Topeka on that day and have lunch with us at noon. We know you are very busy, but just didn't want to miss an opportunity to have you with us if it is at all possible. I'm enclosing a copy of our schedule for our conference for your information.
I used to be on your mailing list, but haven't received any of your mailings for quite some time. Would appreciate being added to your list again if you are still sending them out.
Sincerely
(Elsie M. Burgat's signature) (Mrs. Ted)
State Legislation Chairman -
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(Kansas Press Woman logo) KANSAS PRESS WOMEN
apt. No. 523
1629 West 37th Ter.
Topeka, Kan., 66609
Dec. 4, 1970
(stamp) SENATOR BOB DOLE
RECEIVED
DEC 7 1970
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20510
Sen. Robert Dole
Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sen. Dole:
As a woman in the communications field and one who has become vitally interested in the field of women's rights, I would like to register my objections to the Senate's treatment of the women's rights bill.
After years of being completely ignored, the bill was finally introduced in the House this year and passed by an overwhelming vote, only to be pushed aside and treated with what I consider to be nothing short of contempt by certain members of the Senate.
Perhaps the enclosed clipping from a recent issue of the Capital-Journal's Midway Magazine of a story I did will further explain my thoughts on this subject.
I think it is time that certain Senators came out of the Dark Ages and recognized the fact that women are human too, and have as much right to equal protection of the law as do Negroes, Indians and Mexican-Americans.
I think many Senators should remember that women are a voting majority in this nation and the killing of the women's rights bill by ignoring it, by not having the courage to vote on it, and it alone, doesn't sit too well with many of us.
and as a Congressman who supposedly is very close to the White House, I'd like you to know that the lack of interest on the part of President Nixon in women's rights and his failure to appoint women to top jobs in his administration is also a subject of deep concern to many women today.
Sincerely,
(Kathie Donnelly's signature)
Kathie Donnelly
Secretary
Kansas Press Women
(page 2)
November 20, 1970
Memo from -
Peg Vines
(stamp) SENATOR BOB DOLE
RECEIVED
NOV 23 1970
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20510
To Senator Bob Dole of Kansas:
I urge you to support Rep. Griffiths' resolution, H.J. Res. 264, without amendment.
As the working mother of seven children and also the major support of this family, I feel this legislation is long overdue. It's only a start--but it's in the right direction. I am promoting this Equal Rights movement in every way that I can in my business and in my home--trying to change attitudes, which is not easy. As my lawmaker, you have a wonderful opportunity to put substance behind our appeals.
Please don't let this session go by without getting on the line in support of this legislation. I don't need chairs pulled out for me at dinner tables nearly so much as I need a fair shake for the good jobs for me, and the five of my children who are girls.
(Peg Vines's signature)
835 Spaulding, Wichita, KS
(page 3)
December 9, 1970
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Mrs. Peg Vines
835 Spaulding
Wichita, Kansas 67203
Dear Mrs. Vines:
This will acknowledge and thank you for your recent letter urging my support of H. J. Res. 264, the Equal Rights Amendment.
This amendment was considered on the Senate Floor, but the measure was never brought to a vote, and nothing will be done during this session of Congress. It is expected, however, that this will be re-introduced in the next session. I supported this measure, as I realize the need for equality in job opportunity and, particularly, equal pay for equal work.
Thanks for sharing your views with me, and if I may be of assistance in any way, please let me know.
Sincerely yours,
BOB DOLE
U. S. Senate
BD:em
(page 4)
National Federation of Republican Women
310 First Street, S.E., Washington, D.C. 20003
Area Code 202-484-6670
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President
Mrs. J. Lloyd O'Donnell
310 First Street, S.E.
Washington, D.C. 20003
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1026 16th Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20036
First Vice President
Mrs. Norman Armitage
268 Connecticut Avenue
Spartanburg, S.C. 29302
Second Vice President
Miss Lohomo Dennis
1219 Garfield
Topeka, Kansas 66604
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P. O. Box 17286
Tucson, Arizona 85710
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Chicago, Illinois 60613
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Route 2, Box 508
Selah, Washington 98942
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Curwensville, Po. 16833
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Nashville, Tenn. 37205
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Snyder, New York 14226
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Des Moines, Iowa 50312
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Washington, D.C. 20007
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Winston-Solem, N.C. 27106
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312 Carlile Avenue
Pueblo, Colo. 81005
November 10, 1970
Honorable Robert J. Dole
Room 2327
Senate Office Building
Washington, D. C.
Dear Senator Dole:
In response to a request from Senator Birch Bayh, many vitally interested organizations have reviewed his substitute amendment #1062. We have almost unanimously agreed that this is unacceptable.
With the crowded short session which will convene Monday, November 16th, we feel the time is not right, nor the climate favorable for proper consideration of the Equal Rights Amendment and it is our hope that it (H. J. Res. 264) together with the substitute will be dropped for this session.
If the proper procedure to accomplish this is the removal of your name as a sponsor of the substitute #1062, we hope that you will do so.
Respectfully,
(Gladys O'Donnell's signature)
Gladys O'Donnell (Mrs. J. Lloyd)
President. NFRW
GO/oj
(page 5)
November 3, 1970
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Mr. and Mrs. David Whipple
504 Louisiana
Lawrence, Kansas 66044
Dear Mr. and Mrs. Whipple:
This will acknowledge and thank you for your letter of October 28, expressing your support for S. J. Res. 61, the proposed Amendment to the Constitution which would provide Rqual Rights for Women.
As you perhaps know, H. J. Res. 264, a similar proposal, passed the House of Representatives and was debated for a short while on the Senate Floor prior to the election recess. S. J. Res. 61, of which I am a co-sponsor, is now pending before the Senate Judiciary Committee. The Senate is scheduled to resume debate on the equal rights amendment sometime after the recess, although it is impossible at this time to predict what the final outcome of the proposal will be due to the various amendments that have been added to the amendment and the heavy schedule for the Senate for November and December.
In any event, I appreciate knowing your views on this amendment, and you may be assured they will be kept in mind as the Senate resumes consideration of H. J. Res. 264.
Thank you again for writing, and if I my be of assistance to you in any way, please contact me.
Sincerely yours,
BOB DOLE
U. S. Senate
BD/jbh
(page 6)
(stamp) SENATOR BOB DOLE
RECEIVED
OCT 3 1970
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20510
Leoti, Kansas
29 September 1970
Senator Robert Dole
United States Senate
Washington, D. C.
Dear Senator Dole
This is to add my voice to those who stand for equality for women. My thinking is that:
1. Women are entitled to equal pay for equal work.
2. Women should not be disqualified from jobs because of sex.
3. Women should have adequate care provided for children during hours spent on the job.
4. Baby-sitter feeds should be exempt from tax if related to jobs.
Sincerely yours,
(Ruby R. Downs's signature)
Ruby B. Downs
(Mrs. Horace R.)
(page 7)
(stamp) SENATOR BOB DOLE
RECEIVED
OCT 2 1970
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20510
WEAL
WOMEN'S EQUITY ACTION LEAGUE
Marian Ash
Dr. Daryl J. Bem
Dr. Sandra L. Bem
Caroline Bird
Dr. Elizabeth Boyer
Marjorie M. Childs
Christine Y. Conaway
Grace D. Cox
Dr. Nancy E. Dowding
Dorothy Fuldheim
Cong. Martha W. Griffiths
Dorothy Haener
Dorothy Hamler
Judge Marion J. Harron
Judge Olive L. Holmes
Phineas Indritz
Dr. Hazel B. Kerper
Judge Blanche Krupansky
Emily L. Leedy
Maxine G. Levin
Grace A. Martin
Dr. Elizabeth R. Miller
Paige Palmer
Margeurite Rawalt
Helen J. Roig
Betty Royon
Lillian Steward
Frances P. Taft
Carolyn E. Temin
10700 Lockridge Drive
Silver Spring, Md. 20901
25 October 1970
Senator Birch Bayh
U.S. Senate
Washington, D.C. 20510
Dear Senator Bayh
As you know, the Women's Equity Action League has been particularly active in supporting the Equal Rights Amendment. Last May I testified before your Subcommittee concerning the effect that the Equal Rights Amendment would have on discriminatory practices in education. Other WEAL members also testified on behalf of the E.R.A., and our members have been working hard to build support for it.
The proposed substitute raises many questions and problems, and some of our concerns are as follows:
1. The proposed substitute does not paraphrase the entire 14th Amendment. Thus it implies that the remainder of the l4th -- the due process clause, and the privileges and immunities clause -- does not apply to women.
2. It is our view that the equal protection clause has not been used to extend the rights of an individual woman but it has been applied to restrict the conditions upon women on the theory of reasonable classification. Legal interpretations have not been on the basis that the 14th Amendment does not apply to women but on the basis of sex as
a "reasonable classification" which does not violate the l4th Amendment. It is this "reasonable classification" -- under 14th Amendment interpretation -- which has ‘protected' women from employment of their choice, kept them off juries, kept them out of some tax-supported schools, etc.
3. The proposed substitute would enhance the notion of "reasonable classification" as exemplified in your speech introducing it where you refer to "recognizing the need for a flexible standard in cases where different treatment under the law may be justified." Thus, already in the legislative history is the principal of "reasonable classification" embodied and espoused. It is the unreasonableness of this "reasonable classification" and the subsequent inequities, that have led to the drive for the Equal Rights Amendment. To allow for such "different treatment" is no advance for our cause whatsoever.
4. Should such a substitute amendment be passed by the Congress, it would be seen as a verification of Congressional acknowledgment that the 14th Amendment does not apply to women. From the time of such passage until such time as ratification was secured, all cases currently underway under the 14th Amendment would be jeopardized in a way in which they currently are not, because of the implication that the 14th would not in any way apply to women.
(page 8)
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If it took the full seven years for ratification, during that time it would be very difficult to successfully argue in Court that the 14th did indeed apply to women. At worst, if the substitute were passed by the Congress but not ratified, this would freeze into being that the 14th does not apply to women at all.
In short, the substitute is not a substitute for the Equal Rights Amendment at all. It would not give us the constitutional base with which to move forward in abolishing discriminatory differential treatment based on sex, and indeed might even be harmful and retrogressive in its effects.
It is therefore with much regret that I inform you that we cannot in any way support this substitute. We have long been grateful for your help and your support in the area of women's rights. But we would ask you now, to seriously consider officially withdrawing this Amendment. We know it will be difficult for you to do this. We also know that the continuing struggle to get passage of the Equal Rights Amendment will be a difficult one. We need your support on this.
With best wishes,
(Bernice Sandler's signature)
(Dr.) Bernice Sandler, Chairman,
Action Committee for Federal Contract Compliance in Education,
Women's Equity Action League (WEAL)
cc: All Senators sponsoring the Equal Rights Amendment
Representatives Chisholm, Dwyer, Green, Griffiths, Heckler, May, Mink, Hansen, Reid, and Sullivan
(page 9)
R F D #2
Great Bend,
Kansas 67530
August 14, 1970
(stamp) SENATOR BOB DOLE
RECEIVED
AUG 18 1970
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20510
The Honorable Robert Dole
United States Senate
Washington, D. C.
Dear Senator Dole:
I was talking with a friend the other day about the current bill on "Equal Rights for Women", and we feel that this bill is unreasonable.
My friend and I are both 19, and have been brought up with the understanding that a woman was created as a companion for man, and not as a different shape or size made to represent the same.
If women would stop and think, we feel they would realize they would not want to dig ditches, collect garbage or even be drafted. If women receive their "equal rights", a few may come up with black eyes and crushed feelings because some man got mad and "let her have it"! With "equal rights", what does she expect?
I have heard women complain about the low wages for women. Most of these have been women who should be home with their children instead of working anyway. Very seldom have I heard complaints from women who have to work for a living because their husbands are sick or have passed away.
We may only be 19, but we are women; women who believe men should be our superiors.
We would appreciate your reply and views on this subject, and if you are in full or part agreement with us, please tell us what we can do to make other women realize they do not want to be "equal to a man".
Very truly yours,
(Kay Engleman's signature)
(page 10)
(letter handwritten)
Independence, Kansas
aug; 18, 1970
Dear Senator Dole,
Please vote against women having equal rights as men. It is not Biblical!! I Peter 3 says: Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands.
Titus 2: 4 & 5 (unintelligible) "Though they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to have their children, to be discreet, chaste, keepers of home, good, (intelligible) to their own husbands-."
I Timothy 2:12- (unintelligible) I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to (unintelligible) authority over the man, but to be in silence.
Yes, I'm a woman and I have worked in the past, but I don't want the responsibility of making the living. My place is to take care of the home.
I still appreciate you and your good help for the Republican party.
Mrs. Harold Hinthern
(stamp) SENATOR BOB DOLE
RECEIVED
AUG 21 1970
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20510
(page 11)
(stamp) RECEIVED
FEB 15 1969
BOB DOLE
Kansas Federation
BUSINESS and PROFESSIONAL WOMEN'S CLUB INC.
Hoisington, Kansas
February 10, 1969
OFFICERS AND CHAIRMEN
1968-69
President
Mrs. Roberta Sharp
Office—Box 520, Abilene 67410
Res.—2024 Glendale, Salina 67401
First Vice-President
Mrs. Mary Feeley
1041 So. Glenn, Wichita 67213
Second Vice-President
Mrs. Jacquelyn R. Finley
Box 361, Pittsburg 66762
Third Vice-President
Mrs. Virginia Rickart
547 W. 4th, Larned 67550
Recording Secretary
Mrs. Dorie McReynolds
937 Roach, Salina 67401
Corresponding Secretary
Miss Linda Hawk
510 1/2 No. Olive, Abilene 67410
Treasurer
Mrs. Imogene Blankenship
Box 269, Fort Scott 66701
Parliamentarian
Hazel A. Anderson
Law Library, K.U., Lawrence 66044
Counselor
Ruth Niemeir
623 S. Margrave, Fort Scott 66701
Chairman Nominating Com.
Mrs. Ruth Thomas
1414 Kansas Ave., Topeka 66612
Executive Secretary
Mrs. Dorothy Sylvester
821 So. Rutan, Wichita 67218
Editor KBW
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DISTRICT DIRECTORS
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2. Velma Tuley
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3. Mrs. Ruth Sturges
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4. Mrs. Shirley Leidig
804 Washington, Clay Center 67432
N5. Mrs. Hazel Casnar
123 Hemlock Lane, Newton 67114
S5. Mrs. JoAnne Struble
815 No. Osage, Caldwell 67022
6. Mrs. Grace Brown
Box 324, Phillipsburg 67661
7. Mrs. Vera Howell
Box 147, Larned 67550
8. Mrs. Marybella Rowley
710 W. Wilton, Norton 67654
9. Mrs. Rosazella Blume
601 Russell, Scott City 67871
10. Mildred Walker
Manter 67862
STANDING COMMITTEES
Personal Development
Mrs. Esther Opfer
500 Circle Lake, Wichita 67209
Civic Participation
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Box 183, Hays 67601
World Affairs
Mrs. Dora Lukenbill
1110 So. Tennessee, Chanute 66720
Finance
Mrs. Lucille Castro
109 E. Laurel, Garden City 67846
Legislation
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211 E. 2nd, Hoisington 67544
Betty Taylor
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Rt. I, Seneca 66538
Membership
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Public Relations
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Emblem
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History
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Audrey Smith
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Nike-Samothrace & Expansion
Mrs. Virginia Rickart
547 W. 4th, Larned 67550
Senator Robert Dole
United States Senate
Washington, D.C.
Dear Senator Dole:
The Equal Rights Amendment is the number one item on the Legislative Platform of our National Federation and shares an equal spot on our State Platform. I am writing to thank you for your support in sponsoring the amendment for I know that we have had your cooperation while you were in the House of Representatives. We earnestly solicit your continued support for the passage of the Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution.
We are having a State Legislative Conference in Topeka at the Ramada Inn on February 24, 1969, and our State President, Roberta Sharp of Abilene, and I are wishing that you might have a chance to be in Topeka on that day and have lunch with us at noon. We know you are very busy, but just didn't want to miss an opportunity to have you with us if it is at all possible. I'm enclosing a copy of our schedule for our conference for your information.
I used to be on your mailing list, but haven't received any of your mailings for quite some time. Would appreciate being added to your list again if you are still sending them out.
Sincerely
(Elsie M. Burgat's signature) (Mrs. Ted)
State Legislation Chairman -
(page 1)
(Kansas Press Woman logo) KANSAS PRESS WOMEN
apt. No. 523
1629 West 37th Ter.
Topeka, Kan., 66609
Dec. 4, 1970
(stamp) SENATOR BOB DOLE
RECEIVED
DEC 7 1970
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20510
Sen. Robert Dole
Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sen. Dole:
As a woman in the communications field and one who has become vitally interested in the field of women's rights, I would like to register my objections to the Senate's treatment of the women's rights bill.
After years of being completely ignored, the bill was finally introduced in the House this year and passed by an overwhelming vote, only to be pushed aside and treated with what I consider to be nothing short of contempt by certain members of the Senate.
Perhaps the enclosed clipping from a recent issue of the Capital-Journal's Midway Magazine of a story I did will further explain my thoughts on this subject.
I think it is time that certain Senators came out of the Dark Ages and recognized the fact that women are human too, and have as much right to equal protection of the law as do Negroes, Indians and Mexican-Americans.
I think many Senators should remember that women are a voting majority in this nation and the killing of the women's rights bill by ignoring it, by not having the courage to vote on it, and it alone, doesn't sit too well with many of us.
and as a Congressman who supposedly is very close to the White House, I'd like you to know that the lack of interest on the part of President Nixon in women's rights and his failure to appoint women to top jobs in his administration is also a subject of deep concern to many women today.
Sincerely,
(Kathie Donnelly's signature)
Kathie Donnelly
Secretary
Kansas Press Women
(page 2)
November 20, 1970
Memo from -
Peg Vines
(stamp) SENATOR BOB DOLE
RECEIVED
NOV 23 1970
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20510
To Senator Bob Dole of Kansas:
I urge you to support Rep. Griffiths' resolution, H.J. Res. 264, without amendment.
As the working mother of seven children and also the major support of this family, I feel this legislation is long overdue. It's only a start--but it's in the right direction. I am promoting this Equal Rights movement in every way that I can in my business and in my home--trying to change attitudes, which is not easy. As my lawmaker, you have a wonderful opportunity to put substance behind our appeals.
Please don't let this session go by without getting on the line in support of this legislation. I don't need chairs pulled out for me at dinner tables nearly so much as I need a fair shake for the good jobs for me, and the five of my children who are girls.
(Peg Vines's signature)
835 Spaulding, Wichita, KS
(page 3)
December 9, 1970
(handwritten) Leg- equal rights
Mrs. Peg Vines
835 Spaulding
Wichita, Kansas 67203
Dear Mrs. Vines:
This will acknowledge and thank you for your recent letter urging my support of H. J. Res. 264, the Equal Rights Amendment.
This amendment was considered on the Senate Floor, but the measure was never brought to a vote, and nothing will be done during this session of Congress. It is expected, however, that this will be re-introduced in the next session. I supported this measure, as I realize the need for equality in job opportunity and, particularly, equal pay for equal work.
Thanks for sharing your views with me, and if I may be of assistance in any way, please let me know.
Sincerely yours,
BOB DOLE
U. S. Senate
BD:em
(page 4)
National Federation of Republican Women
310 First Street, S.E., Washington, D.C. 20003
Area Code 202-484-6670
(handwritten) Leg- equal rights
President
Mrs. J. Lloyd O'Donnell
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Mrs. Dorothy Andrews Kobis
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Washington, D.C. 20036
First Vice President
Mrs. Norman Armitage
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Spartanburg, S.C. 29302
Second Vice President
Miss Lohomo Dennis
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Topeka, Kansas 66604
Third Vice President
Mrs. John T. Salmon
P. O. Box 17286
Tucson, Arizona 85710
Fourth Vice President
Mrs. Laddie F. Hutar
3800 Lake Shore Drive
Chicago, Illinois 60613
Secretary
Mrs. James W. Blackham, Jr.
33 Canterbury Road
Winchester, Mass. 01890
Treasurer
Mrs. Wendell Hobbs
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Ann Arbor, Mich. 48104
Members at Large
Mrs. Warren Snider
Route 2, Box 508
Selah, Washington 98942
Mrs. George J. Thacik
Woodhurst 201 Mcloughlin St.
Curwensville, Po. 16833
Mrs. James Tuck
4403 Iroquois Avenue
Nashville, Tenn. 37205
Standing Committee Chairmen
Campaign
Mrs. Jomes Kelly
38 Raycroft Blvd.
Snyder, New York 14226
Finance
Mrs. Frank Kenney
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Barrington, Ill. 60010
Membership
Mrs. Sue Reed
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Program
Mrs. Peter H. Dominick
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Winston-Solem, N.C. 27106
Revisions
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Pueblo, Colo. 81005
November 10, 1970
Honorable Robert J. Dole
Room 2327
Senate Office Building
Washington, D. C.
Dear Senator Dole:
In response to a request from Senator Birch Bayh, many vitally interested organizations have reviewed his substitute amendment #1062. We have almost unanimously agreed that this is unacceptable.
With the crowded short session which will convene Monday, November 16th, we feel the time is not right, nor the climate favorable for proper consideration of the Equal Rights Amendment and it is our hope that it (H. J. Res. 264) together with the substitute will be dropped for this session.
If the proper procedure to accomplish this is the removal of your name as a sponsor of the substitute #1062, we hope that you will do so.
Respectfully,
(Gladys O'Donnell's signature)
Gladys O'Donnell (Mrs. J. Lloyd)
President. NFRW
GO/oj
(page 5)
November 3, 1970
(handwritten) Leg- equal rights
Mr. and Mrs. David Whipple
504 Louisiana
Lawrence, Kansas 66044
Dear Mr. and Mrs. Whipple:
This will acknowledge and thank you for your letter of October 28, expressing your support for S. J. Res. 61, the proposed Amendment to the Constitution which would provide Rqual Rights for Women.
As you perhaps know, H. J. Res. 264, a similar proposal, passed the House of Representatives and was debated for a short while on the Senate Floor prior to the election recess. S. J. Res. 61, of which I am a co-sponsor, is now pending before the Senate Judiciary Committee. The Senate is scheduled to resume debate on the equal rights amendment sometime after the recess, although it is impossible at this time to predict what the final outcome of the proposal will be due to the various amendments that have been added to the amendment and the heavy schedule for the Senate for November and December.
In any event, I appreciate knowing your views on this amendment, and you may be assured they will be kept in mind as the Senate resumes consideration of H. J. Res. 264.
Thank you again for writing, and if I my be of assistance to you in any way, please contact me.
Sincerely yours,
BOB DOLE
U. S. Senate
BD/jbh
(page 6)
(stamp) SENATOR BOB DOLE
RECEIVED
OCT 3 1970
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20510
Leoti, Kansas
29 September 1970
Senator Robert Dole
United States Senate
Washington, D. C.
Dear Senator Dole
This is to add my voice to those who stand for equality for women. My thinking is that:
1. Women are entitled to equal pay for equal work.
2. Women should not be disqualified from jobs because of sex.
3. Women should have adequate care provided for children during hours spent on the job.
4. Baby-sitter feeds should be exempt from tax if related to jobs.
Sincerely yours,
(Ruby R. Downs's signature)
Ruby B. Downs
(Mrs. Horace R.)
(page 7)
(stamp) SENATOR BOB DOLE
RECEIVED
OCT 2 1970
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20510
WEAL
WOMEN'S EQUITY ACTION LEAGUE
Marian Ash
Dr. Daryl J. Bem
Dr. Sandra L. Bem
Caroline Bird
Dr. Elizabeth Boyer
Marjorie M. Childs
Christine Y. Conaway
Grace D. Cox
Dr. Nancy E. Dowding
Dorothy Fuldheim
Cong. Martha W. Griffiths
Dorothy Haener
Dorothy Hamler
Judge Marion J. Harron
Judge Olive L. Holmes
Phineas Indritz
Dr. Hazel B. Kerper
Judge Blanche Krupansky
Emily L. Leedy
Maxine G. Levin
Grace A. Martin
Dr. Elizabeth R. Miller
Paige Palmer
Margeurite Rawalt
Helen J. Roig
Betty Royon
Lillian Steward
Frances P. Taft
Carolyn E. Temin
10700 Lockridge Drive
Silver Spring, Md. 20901
25 October 1970
Senator Birch Bayh
U.S. Senate
Washington, D.C. 20510
Dear Senator Bayh
As you know, the Women's Equity Action League has been particularly active in supporting the Equal Rights Amendment. Last May I testified before your Subcommittee concerning the effect that the Equal Rights Amendment would have on discriminatory practices in education. Other WEAL members also testified on behalf of the E.R.A., and our members have been working hard to build support for it.
The proposed substitute raises many questions and problems, and some of our concerns are as follows:
1. The proposed substitute does not paraphrase the entire 14th Amendment. Thus it implies that the remainder of the l4th -- the due process clause, and the privileges and immunities clause -- does not apply to women.
2. It is our view that the equal protection clause has not been used to extend the rights of an individual woman but it has been applied to restrict the conditions upon women on the theory of reasonable classification. Legal interpretations have not been on the basis that the 14th Amendment does not apply to women but on the basis of sex as
a "reasonable classification" which does not violate the l4th Amendment. It is this "reasonable classification" -- under 14th Amendment interpretation -- which has ‘protected' women from employment of their choice, kept them off juries, kept them out of some tax-supported schools, etc.
3. The proposed substitute would enhance the notion of "reasonable classification" as exemplified in your speech introducing it where you refer to "recognizing the need for a flexible standard in cases where different treatment under the law may be justified." Thus, already in the legislative history is the principal of "reasonable classification" embodied and espoused. It is the unreasonableness of this "reasonable classification" and the subsequent inequities, that have led to the drive for the Equal Rights Amendment. To allow for such "different treatment" is no advance for our cause whatsoever.
4. Should such a substitute amendment be passed by the Congress, it would be seen as a verification of Congressional acknowledgment that the 14th Amendment does not apply to women. From the time of such passage until such time as ratification was secured, all cases currently underway under the 14th Amendment would be jeopardized in a way in which they currently are not, because of the implication that the 14th would not in any way apply to women.
(page 8)
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If it took the full seven years for ratification, during that time it would be very difficult to successfully argue in Court that the 14th did indeed apply to women. At worst, if the substitute were passed by the Congress but not ratified, this would freeze into being that the 14th does not apply to women at all.
In short, the substitute is not a substitute for the Equal Rights Amendment at all. It would not give us the constitutional base with which to move forward in abolishing discriminatory differential treatment based on sex, and indeed might even be harmful and retrogressive in its effects.
It is therefore with much regret that I inform you that we cannot in any way support this substitute. We have long been grateful for your help and your support in the area of women's rights. But we would ask you now, to seriously consider officially withdrawing this Amendment. We know it will be difficult for you to do this. We also know that the continuing struggle to get passage of the Equal Rights Amendment will be a difficult one. We need your support on this.
With best wishes,
(Bernice Sandler's signature)
(Dr.) Bernice Sandler, Chairman,
Action Committee for Federal Contract Compliance in Education,
Women's Equity Action League (WEAL)
cc: All Senators sponsoring the Equal Rights Amendment
Representatives Chisholm, Dwyer, Green, Griffiths, Heckler, May, Mink, Hansen, Reid, and Sullivan
(page 9)
R F D #2
Great Bend,
Kansas 67530
August 14, 1970
(stamp) SENATOR BOB DOLE
RECEIVED
AUG 18 1970
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20510
The Honorable Robert Dole
United States Senate
Washington, D. C.
Dear Senator Dole:
I was talking with a friend the other day about the current bill on "Equal Rights for Women", and we feel that this bill is unreasonable.
My friend and I are both 19, and have been brought up with the understanding that a woman was created as a companion for man, and not as a different shape or size made to represent the same.
If women would stop and think, we feel they would realize they would not want to dig ditches, collect garbage or even be drafted. If women receive their "equal rights", a few may come up with black eyes and crushed feelings because some man got mad and "let her have it"! With "equal rights", what does she expect?
I have heard women complain about the low wages for women. Most of these have been women who should be home with their children instead of working anyway. Very seldom have I heard complaints from women who have to work for a living because their husbands are sick or have passed away.
We may only be 19, but we are women; women who believe men should be our superiors.
We would appreciate your reply and views on this subject, and if you are in full or part agreement with us, please tell us what we can do to make other women realize they do not want to be "equal to a man".
Very truly yours,
(Kay Engleman's signature)
(page 10)
(letter handwritten)
Independence, Kansas
aug; 18, 1970
Dear Senator Dole,
Please vote against women having equal rights as men. It is not Biblical!! I Peter 3 says: Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands.
Titus 2: 4 & 5 (unintelligible) "Though they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to have their children, to be discreet, chaste, keepers of home, good, (intelligible) to their own husbands-."
I Timothy 2:12- (unintelligible) I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to (unintelligible) authority over the man, but to be in silence.
Yes, I'm a woman and I have worked in the past, but I don't want the responsibility of making the living. My place is to take care of the home.
I still appreciate you and your good help for the Republican party.
Mrs. Harold Hinthern
(stamp) SENATOR BOB DOLE
RECEIVED
AUG 21 1970
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20510
(page 11)
(stamp) RECEIVED
FEB 15 1969
BOB DOLE
Kansas Federation
BUSINESS and PROFESSIONAL WOMEN'S CLUB INC.
Hoisington, Kansas
February 10, 1969
OFFICERS AND CHAIRMEN
1968-69
President
Mrs. Roberta Sharp
Office—Box 520, Abilene 67410
Res.—2024 Glendale, Salina 67401
First Vice-President
Mrs. Mary Feeley
1041 So. Glenn, Wichita 67213
Second Vice-President
Mrs. Jacquelyn R. Finley
Box 361, Pittsburg 66762
Third Vice-President
Mrs. Virginia Rickart
547 W. 4th, Larned 67550
Recording Secretary
Mrs. Dorie McReynolds
937 Roach, Salina 67401
Corresponding Secretary
Miss Linda Hawk
510 1/2 No. Olive, Abilene 67410
Treasurer
Mrs. Imogene Blankenship
Box 269, Fort Scott 66701
Parliamentarian
Hazel A. Anderson
Law Library, K.U., Lawrence 66044
Counselor
Ruth Niemeir
623 S. Margrave, Fort Scott 66701
Chairman Nominating Com.
Mrs. Ruth Thomas
1414 Kansas Ave., Topeka 66612
Executive Secretary
Mrs. Dorothy Sylvester
821 So. Rutan, Wichita 67218
Editor KBW
Edith Hanson
1826 So. Edgemoor, Wichita 67218
DISTRICT DIRECTORS
1. Margeret Howell
Box 263, Baldwin City 66006
2. Velma Tuley
51S Niagara, Burlington 66839
3. Mrs. Ruth Sturges
403 West Osage, Sedan 67361
4. Mrs. Shirley Leidig
804 Washington, Clay Center 67432
N5. Mrs. Hazel Casnar
123 Hemlock Lane, Newton 67114
S5. Mrs. JoAnne Struble
815 No. Osage, Caldwell 67022
6. Mrs. Grace Brown
Box 324, Phillipsburg 67661
7. Mrs. Vera Howell
Box 147, Larned 67550
8. Mrs. Marybella Rowley
710 W. Wilton, Norton 67654
9. Mrs. Rosazella Blume
601 Russell, Scott City 67871
10. Mildred Walker
Manter 67862
STANDING COMMITTEES
Personal Development
Mrs. Esther Opfer
500 Circle Lake, Wichita 67209
Civic Participation
Mrs. Charlotte Mall
Box 183, Hays 67601
World Affairs
Mrs. Dora Lukenbill
1110 So. Tennessee, Chanute 66720
Finance
Mrs. Lucille Castro
109 E. Laurel, Garden City 67846
Legislation
Mrs. Elsie Burgat Chm.
211 E. 2nd, Hoisington 67544
Betty Taylor
411 N. Yale, Wichita 67208
Mrs. Amelia Sudbeck
Rt. I, Seneca 66538
Membership
Nellie Roat
307 No. Lincoln, Hillsboro 67063
Public Relations
Mrs. Margaret I. Lockard
1016 Kentucky, Lawrence 66044
SPECIAL COMMITTEES
Emblem
Cathy Haney
1405 Court, Clay Center 67432
History
Mrs. Barbara Harrison
8412 W. 69th, Overland Park 66204
Loan and Scholarship
Mrs. Gladys Ellis, Chm.
Box 614, Elkhart 67950
Mrs. Lora Mae Blasor
Box 452, Parsons 67357
Mary B. Porter, Treasurer
1416 No. Main, Hutchinson 67501
Youth
Margeurite Hackney, Chm
218 No. Sycamore, Iola 66749
Dr. Judith Ott
500 Broadway, Marysville 66508
Camille Rolland
118 West Elm, Hill City 67642
Foundation
Audrey Smith
Box 282, Goodland 67735
Nike-Samothrace & Expansion
Mrs. Virginia Rickart
547 W. 4th, Larned 67550
Senator Robert Dole
United States Senate
Washington, D.C.
Dear Senator Dole:
The Equal Rights Amendment is the number one item on the Legislative Platform of our National Federation and shares an equal spot on our State Platform. I am writing to thank you for your support in sponsoring the amendment for I know that we have had your cooperation while you were in the House of Representatives. We earnestly solicit your continued support for the passage of the Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution.
We are having a State Legislative Conference in Topeka at the Ramada Inn on February 24, 1969, and our State President, Roberta Sharp of Abilene, and I are wishing that you might have a chance to be in Topeka on that day and have lunch with us at noon. We know you are very busy, but just didn't want to miss an opportunity to have you with us if it is at all possible. I'm enclosing a copy of our schedule for our conference for your information.
I used to be on your mailing list, but haven't received any of your mailings for quite some time. Would appreciate being added to your list again if you are still sending them out.
Sincerely
(Elsie M. Burgat's signature) (Mrs. Ted)
State Legislation Chairman
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