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Today, I joined with local and state leaders to celebrate the opening
of the new Alice Paul Centennial Foundation in Paulsboro. I am pleased
to have been a part of this endeavor by working to help secure state and
federal funding to complete this $1.1 million renovation project. As a
result, the childhood home of suffragist Alice Paul has been transformed
into an educational center for women's history for future generations.
In addition to working to teach new generations about the work of the
Woman Suffragist Movement, I am working in Congress to ensure that future
generations enjoy the benefits of their work. More than 80 years have passed
since women won the right to vote but that right has not produced full
equality. That is evident when you consider that women still earn 74 cents
to every dollar that men earn. To work to alleviate this and other inequalities,
I have introduced a resolution to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment, which
passed into law in 1972, to guarantee a women's rights under the Constitution.
It is my hope that the leadership in Congress and the President will recognize
the importance of this issue in ensuring that our Nation's mother's, daughters,
and sisters receive the same rights as their male counterparts.
To view a copy of my resolution, click here, choose "Sponsored Legislation--107th
Congress" and select item # 5.
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