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- Correspondence: KU Commission on the Status of Women
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- Correspondence between Senator Dole and Nell Bly, President of the KU Commission on the Status of Women. Attached is a statement by the Commission on the Equal Rights Amendment. Also includes another letter regarding the ERA.
- Date (Dublin Core)
- 1971
- Date Created (Dublin Core)
- 1971
- Congress (Dublin Core)
- 92nd (1971-1973)
- Topics (Dublin Core)
- See all items with this valueEqual rights amendments--United States
- See all items with this valueSex discrimination against women
- Policy Area (Curation)
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
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- KU Commission on the Status of Women
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- correspondence
- Names (Dublin Core)
- See all items with this valueUniversity of Kansas. Commission on the Status of Women
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- Hugoton (inhabited place)
- Kansas (state)
- Lawrence (inhabited place)
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- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/
- Language (Dublin Core)
- eng
- Collection Finding Aid (Dublin Core)
- https://dolearchivecollections.ku.edu/index.php?p=collections/findingaid&id=31&q=
- Physical Location (Dublin Core)
- Collection 002, Box 200, Folder 13
- Institution (Dublin Core)
- Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
- Archival Collection (Dublin Core)
- Robert J. Dole Senate Papers-Constituent Relations, 1969-1996
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November 12, 1971
Ms. Nell Bly, President
KU Commission on the Status of Women
220 Strong Hall
Lawrence, Kansas 66044
Dear Ms. Bly:
This will acknowledge and thank you for your letter of October 28 and the enclosed information sheet on the Equal Rights Amendment. The clipping from the University Daily Kansan was not received. Would you please share this response with Karen Keesling who also signed the letter.
H.J. Res. 208, which was passed by the House on October 12, is currently pending before the Subcommittee on Constitutional Amendments of the Senate Judiciary Committee. Similar legislation, S.J. Res. 150, was introduced by Senator Bayh on August 6, 1971 and was placed on the calendar on September 8. Other similar legislation, S.J. Res. 8 and 9, is also pending before the Subcommittee on Constitutional Amendments of the Senate Judiciary Committee. As you perhaps also know, the Senate Majority Leader, Senator Mansfield, has indicated no action by the Senate should be anticipated on this legislation during this Congress. The Constitutional Amendments Subcommittee of the Senate Judiciary Committee plans to meet in Executive Session on November 15 to consider H.J. Res. 208, S.J. Res. 8 and S.J. Res. 9. Although it is rather unlikely that S.J. Res. 150 will receive consideration before February 1, 1972, hopefully some action may be taken on the other similar bills before that time. In any event, I will keep your views in mind when this important legislation comes before the Senate for action.
Thank you again for writing, and if I may be of assistance in any way, please let me know.
Sincerely yours,
BOB DOLE
United States Senate
BD;mrk
Commission on the Status of Women
220 Strong Hall
Lawrence, Kansas 66044
October 28, 1971
The Honorable Robert Dole
United States Senate
Washington, D. C. 20510
Dear Senator Dole;
The Commission on the Status of Women at the University of Kansas has made information about the Equal Rights Amendment readily available to KU students asking them to write their senators in support of the bill. Response has been favorable. We are enclosing a clipping from the University Daily Kansan and also a copy of the information we are handing out.
We urge you to support the ERA as passed by the House on October 12. The time has come to end discrimination on the basis of sex, so please initiate action to bring this bill before the Senate.
Sincerely,
(signature)
Nell Bly
President of the KU Commission on the Status of Women
(signature)
Karen Keesling
Advisor
Enclosures
EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT
The Equal Rights Amendment states: "Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex."
On October 12, 1971 the House of Representatives passed the Equal Rights Amendment, H.J. Res. 208, without the Wiggins Amendment by a vote of 354-23. This is the second year the amendment has been passed overwhelmingly by the House.
Last year the Senate considered the Equal Rights Amendment. First, an amendment was attached by Senator Sam Ervin (D - N.C.) to exempt women from the draft. The second amendment attached by Senator Baker of Tennessee was the famous "Prayer Amendment" which has nothing to do with equal rights. The "Prayer Amendment" says essentially that prayer should be allowed in the public schools. In the closing moments of the Senate session last year Senator Birch Bayh introduced a substitute amendment which read:
"Neither the United States nor any State shall, on account of sex, deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws."
This was unacceptable to women's organizations because it didn't include the "due process" and "privileges and immunities" clauses of the 14th Amendment. Therefore, it was withdrawn by Senator Bayh.
It is now up to us to urge our Senators to pass the Equal Rights Amendment in the same form it was passed by the House. Any other form would be unacceptable to us.
August 26, 1920, women gained the right to vote which is the only constitutional right that women possess today. Let's go all the way this year and gain equal rights for all human beings. After all, 49 years is a long time to wait.
So send a card to both of your Senators urging them to vote for S.J. Res. 150 without amendment.
PREPARED BY THE KU COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN
Mrs. Clarence Wheeler
Rt. 1, Box 69
Hugoton, Kansas 67951
Senator Robert Dole
New Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510
Dear Senator Dole,
This letter is concerning the equal rights for women, which I see by the paper has been passed by the House.
I'm sure you must realize that the women who are working so hard for this movement, constitute only a very small segment of the women in the United States. Many, many women in our nation appreciate the respect and courtesy that have been given them, and are strongly opposed to this equal rights movement.
Surely the breakdown of the home is one of the worst calamities that has befallen our nation. The most important job a woman can have is to make a good home for her husband and children, for out of the home come the citizens of tomorrow.
So I urge you to please use your influence and vote against the equal rights for women movement.
Thank you for taking time to read this letter. May God bless you in the important work you are doing.
Respectfully,
(Mrs.) Ruth Wheeler
(Equal Rights Letter) -
November 12, 1971
Ms. Nell Bly, President
KU Commission on the Status of Women
220 Strong Hall
Lawrence, Kansas 66044
Dear Ms. Bly:
This will acknowledge and thank you for your letter of October 28 and the enclosed information sheet on the Equal Rights Amendment. The clipping from the University Daily Kansan was not received. Would you please share this response with Karen Keesling who also signed the letter.
H.J. Res. 208, which was passed by the House on October 12, is currently pending before the Subcommittee on Constitutional Amendments of the Senate Judiciary Committee. Similar legislation, S.J. Res. 150, was introduced by Senator Bayh on August 6, 1971 and was placed on the calendar on September 8. Other similar legislation, S.J. Res. 8 and 9, is also pending before the Subcommittee on Constitutional Amendments of the Senate Judiciary Committee. As you perhaps also know, the Senate Majority Leader, Senator Mansfield, has indicated no action by the Senate should be anticipated on this legislation during this Congress. The Constitutional Amendments Subcommittee of the Senate Judiciary Committee plans to meet in Executive Session on November 15 to consider H.J. Res. 208, S.J. Res. 8 and S.J. Res. 9. Although it is rather unlikely that S.J. Res. 150 will receive consideration before February 1, 1972, hopefully some action may be taken on the other similar bills before that time. In any event, I will keep your views in mind when this important legislation comes before the Senate for action.
Thank you again for writing, and if I may be of assistance in any way, please let me know.
Sincerely yours,
BOB DOLE
United States Senate
BD;mrk
Commission on the Status of Women
220 Strong Hall
Lawrence, Kansas 66044
October 28, 1971
The Honorable Robert Dole
United States Senate
Washington, D. C. 20510
Dear Senator Dole;
The Commission on the Status of Women at the University of Kansas has made information about the Equal Rights Amendment readily available to KU students asking them to write their senators in support of the bill. Response has been favorable. We are enclosing a clipping from the University Daily Kansan and also a copy of the information we are handing out.
We urge you to support the ERA as passed by the House on October 12. The time has come to end discrimination on the basis of sex, so please initiate action to bring this bill before the Senate.
Sincerely,
(signature)
Nell Bly
President of the KU Commission on the Status of Women
(signature)
Karen Keesling
Advisor
Enclosures
EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT
The Equal Rights Amendment states: "Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex."
On October 12, 1971 the House of Representatives passed the Equal Rights Amendment, H.J. Res. 208, without the Wiggins Amendment by a vote of 354-23. This is the second year the amendment has been passed overwhelmingly by the House.
Last year the Senate considered the Equal Rights Amendment. First, an amendment was attached by Senator Sam Ervin (D - N.C.) to exempt women from the draft. The second amendment attached by Senator Baker of Tennessee was the famous "Prayer Amendment" which has nothing to do with equal rights. The "Prayer Amendment" says essentially that prayer should be allowed in the public schools. In the closing moments of the Senate session last year Senator Birch Bayh introduced a substitute amendment which read:
"Neither the United States nor any State shall, on account of sex, deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws."
This was unacceptable to women's organizations because it didn't include the "due process" and "privileges and immunities" clauses of the 14th Amendment. Therefore, it was withdrawn by Senator Bayh.
It is now up to us to urge our Senators to pass the Equal Rights Amendment in the same form it was passed by the House. Any other form would be unacceptable to us.
August 26, 1920, women gained the right to vote which is the only constitutional right that women possess today. Let's go all the way this year and gain equal rights for all human beings. After all, 49 years is a long time to wait.
So send a card to both of your Senators urging them to vote for S.J. Res. 150 without amendment.
PREPARED BY THE KU COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN
Mrs. Clarence Wheeler
Rt. 1, Box 69
Hugoton, Kansas 67951
Senator Robert Dole
New Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510
Dear Senator Dole,
This letter is concerning the equal rights for women, which I see by the paper has been passed by the House.
I'm sure you must realize that the women who are working so hard for this movement, constitute only a very small segment of the women in the United States. Many, many women in our nation appreciate the respect and courtesy that have been given them, and are strongly opposed to this equal rights movement.
Surely the breakdown of the home is one of the worst calamities that has befallen our nation. The most important job a woman can have is to make a good home for her husband and children, for out of the home come the citizens of tomorrow.
So I urge you to please use your influence and vote against the equal rights for women movement.
Thank you for taking time to read this letter. May God bless you in the important work you are doing.
Respectfully,
(Mrs.) Ruth Wheeler
(Equal Rights Letter)
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