Letter from New York League of Professional Women to Congress in Favor of the Equal Rights Amendment

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Louise Bushnell, Legislation Chairman of the New York League of Business and Professional Women, sent this letter to Congressman Emanuel Celler in favor of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA). In it she asks: “Would you really be content, if your female peers in Congress received half your salary? How about that?”

Citation

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

National Archives Identifier: 24746981

Full Citation: Letter from New York League of Professional Women to Congress in Favor of the Equal Rights Amendment; 4/19/1971; 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/ny-professional-women-era/, December 25, 2025]

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