"Make No Mistake, Florida is Crucial": Sen. Lori Wilson and the Equal Rights Amendment - webinar
Channel: UCF Libraries
Date: 2021-03-16

Webinar hosted by UCF Libraries with presenter, Dr. Kimberly Wilmot Voss, full professor of Journalism at the UCF Nicholson School of Communication.

The Equal Rights Amendment is still a debated issue in the United States. In its basic form, it would add women to the Constitution. The amendment was first written in 1923 – a few years after women won the right to vote. Decades later, it became a significant issue during the Women’s Liberation Movement. Near its almost ratification, Florida was significant – led by Sen. Lori Wilson. It was an interesting discussion about women’s roles in society. This talk will expose the battle for and against the ERA in Florida. It will also address where the ERA battle is today.
– Kimberly Voss, Professor, Journalism

Recorded March 12, 2021.

Resources:
Senator Lori Wilson and the Equal Rights Amendment, Florida Frontiers, Florida Historical Society, #399. October 2020. https://myfloridahistory.org/frontiers/radio/program/399

“The Florida Fight for Equality: The Equal Rights Amendment, Senator Lori Wilson and Mediated Catfights in the 1970s,” Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 88, No. 2, 173-208.  https://stars.library.ucf.edu/fhq/vol88/iss2/1