59 E. 54 - N. Y.

Feb. 10 - 44

Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt
29 Washington Sq. W.
N. Y.

Having noticed in the N. Y. Times of Feb. 10 that you are against the Equal Rights Amendment may I say to you that it is the women who have studied the idea of Equal Rights and worked for Equal Rights that make it possible for you, today, to be the power that you are in our country, to work as you work and to have the kind of public life that you have.

The Equal Rights Amendment would write into the highest law of our country, legal equality for all. At present women do not have it and I believe we are considered -- half the people.

Equal Rights and Responsibilities is a basic idea that would have very important psychological effects on women and men from the time they are born. It could very much change the girl child's idea of her place in the world. I would like each child to feel responsible for the country and that no door for any activity they may choose is closed on account of sex.

It seems to me very important to the idea of true democracy
--- to my country --- and to the world eventually ---
that all men and women stand equal under the sky ---

I wish that you could be with us in this fight --- you could be a real help to this change that must come.