Letter to Representative Don Edwards from Mrs. Thomas Zeko

Mrs. Thomas Zeko sent this letter to Representative Don Edwards in opposition to the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA). The ERA sparked a nationwide debate in the 1960s and 1970s over changing views of the social roles of women. In this letter to her congressman, Mrs. Thomas Zeko expressed her opposition to the ERA. She argues that while women should receive equal pay for equal work, women will not likely find satisfaction when competing with a man for a job: “that a woman will find her fulfillment in competing for some traditionally male position just isn’t so.”