Letter to Representative Don Edwards from Mrs. Thomas Zeko
9/9/1971
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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.”
This primary source comes from the Records of the U.S. House of Representatives.
National Archives Identifier: 24824228
Full Citation: Letter to Representative Don Edwards from Mrs. Thomas Zeko Opposed to the Equal Rights Amendment; 9/9/1971; 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/documents/document/edwards-zeko-era, February 13, 2025]Activities that use this document
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