Thank you Letter from Gertrude "Gertie" Lorio Beauford, 1976
- Title
- Thank you Letter from Gertrude "Gertie" Lorio Beauford, 1976
- Subject
- Beauford, Gertrude "Gertie" Lorio
- Riley, Janet Marey
- Equal rights amendments
- Women
- Women's rights
- Description
- Correspondence between Gertrude "Gertie" Lorio Beauford and Janet Mary Riley. Beauford thanks Riley for her support of the E.R.A.
- The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) is a proposed amendment to the United States Constitution designed to guarantee equal rights for all citizens regardless of sex; it seeks to end the legal distinctions between men and women in terms of divorce, property, employment, and other matters. It has never been ratified by the states and is not part of the United States Constitution.
- Janet Mary Riley was originally against the Equal Rights Amendment (E.R.A.) out of a fear of “an extreme interpretation of E.R.A. to forbid any state of federal action recognizing sex differences.” As the amendment evolved and passed Congress in 1972, it became to Janet “the very symbol of equality of the sexes before the law” and she changed her mind in support of it.
- Creator
- Gertrude Lorio Beauford
- Source
- Box 26, Folder 8, Collection 33: Janet Mary Riley Papers
- Publisher
- Loyola University (New Orleans, La.)
- Date
- 1975-06-17
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- Original Format
- Correspondence
- Paper
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Gertrude Lorio Beauford , “Thank you Letter from Gertrude "Gertie" Lorio Beauford, 1976,” Loyola University New Orleans Special Collections & Archives, accessed March 11, 2026, https://loynosca.omeka.net/items/show/6.