Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2008
Abstract
In her testimony before the Senate ERA hearings, Gloria Steinem refuted sex‐based myths about women and championed the ERA. Situating the ERA within the larger civil rights movement, Steinem called on Congress to acknowledge women's oppression as a serious political issue. She also worked to make women's rights issues more appealing to a mainstream audience by talking about the ERA's benefits for men and women and by emphasizing the democratic principles it embodied.
Recommended Citation
Weber, Jill M. "Gloria Steinem, 'Testimony Before Senate Hearings on the Equal Rights Amendment' (6 May 1970)." Voices of Democracy 3 (2008): 162-181. Hollins Digital Commons. Web.
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Gender, Race, Sexuality, and Ethnicity in Communication Commons, Speech and Rhetorical Studies Commons
Comments
Originally published in Voices of Democracy 3 (2008). Publication website: http://voicesofdemocracy.umd.edu/