Martha Edna Wright Griffiths: Mother of the ERA

Martha Edna Wright Griffiths (1912-2003) was, amongst many other actions, the first woman to serve on the powerful House Committee on Ways and Means and was instrumental in getting the prohibition of sex discrimination added to the landmark Civil Rights Act today in 1964.

 

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Original Image courtesy of The Centre for Legislative Archives

Principle not policy, Justice not favor. Men, their rights and nothing more. Women, their rights and nothing less...

Around the Web:
Martha Wright Griffiths (1912-2003) Women in Congress (also an excellent resource on Women in US Politics)
Griffiths Leadership Society for Women
Marth Wright Griffiths Bio and Documentation at the Legislative Branch Archives