Letter to Senator Henry F. Ashurst in Favor of the Equal Rights Amendment
2/2/1938
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Margreta A. Hughes, of Brighton, Massachusetts, sent this letter to Senator Henry F. Ashurst, chairman of the Judiciary Committee. She urges him to do all in his power to give the Equal Rights Amendment an opportunity to come before Congress. She wrote that "women now fully realize that the Constitution is a Bill of Rights for men only," and asks Congress to "give the women of our country...the status of persons, in place of the traditional chattel."
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National Archives Identifier: 74884315
Full Citation: Letter to Senator Henry F. Ashurst in Favor of the Equal Rights Amendment; 2/2/1938; Petitions and Memorials Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary during the 75th Congress; (SEN64A-K9); Committee Papers, 1816 - 2011; Records of the U.S. Senate, Record Group 46; National Archives Building, Washington, DC. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/documents/document/ashurst-hughes-era, December 12, 2024]Rights: Public Domain, Free of Known Copyright Restrictions. Learn more on our privacy and legal page.
