Gender Equality and the Constitution: The Unfinished Business of Reform
Spotswood Public Library
Thursday, Mar. 25, 7:00 pm
Linda J. Wharton will discuss the renewed push for ratifying the Equal Rights Amendment and explain why expanding protection for gender equality is needed now more than ever given the conservative majority on the United States Supreme Court.
The talk will highlight areas in which an Equal Rights Amendment may be especially effective and meaningful. Wharton, a professor at Stockton University, was featured in the recent documentary film on the ERA, Equal Means Equal. She is the former Managing Attorney of the Women’s Law Project in Philadelphia where she served as lead co-counsel before the United States Supreme Court in Planned Parenthood v. Casey, in which the Court reaffirmed the core principles of Roe v. Wade. Her scholarly work on the positive impact of equal rights amendments in state constitutions has been widely cited.
The "Women and the Right to Vote: Then and Now" series is funded by the New Jersey Council for the Humanities and the Friends of the East Brunswick Library.
Our community partners are the East Brunswick Human Relations Council, East Brunswick Womens Club, Milltown Public Library, the Monroe Public Library, Piscataway Public Library, South River Public Library, and the Spotswood Public Library. Additional funding is provided by the East Brunswick Friends of the Library.
To register, click here.
The talk will highlight areas in which an Equal Rights Amendment may be especially effective and meaningful. Wharton, a professor at Stockton University, was featured in the recent documentary film on the ERA, Equal Means Equal. She is the former Managing Attorney of the Women’s Law Project in Philadelphia where she served as lead co-counsel before the United States Supreme Court in Planned Parenthood v. Casey, in which the Court reaffirmed the core principles of Roe v. Wade. Her scholarly work on the positive impact of equal rights amendments in state constitutions has been widely cited.
The "Women and the Right to Vote: Then and Now" series is funded by the New Jersey Council for the Humanities and the Friends of the East Brunswick Library.
Our community partners are the East Brunswick Human Relations Council, East Brunswick Womens Club, Milltown Public Library, the Monroe Public Library, Piscataway Public Library, South River Public Library, and the Spotswood Public Library. Additional funding is provided by the East Brunswick Friends of the Library.
To register, click here.
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