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Letter from John J. McCreary to Congress Against the Equal Rights Amendment

  • 8/19/1972

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Attorney John J. McCreary sent this letter to Congressman Emanual Celler. He lists the types of laws that protect women that would be nullified if the ERA were to be ratified.

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Citation

This primary source comes from the Records of the U.S. House of Representatives.

National Archives Identifier: 24746982

Full Citation: Letter from John J. McCreary to Congress Against the Equal Rights Amendment; 8/19/1972; Legislative Files of the Committee on the Judiciary for the 92nd Congress; Committee Papers, 1813 – 2011; Records of the U.S. House of Representatives, Record Group 233; National Archives Building, Washington, DC. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/document/celler-mccreary/, December 26, 2025]

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