Susan Davis: “244 years ago women were left out of our Constitution by the men who drafted it. But since then, generations of women…”

“244 years ago women were left out of our Constitution by the men who drafted it. But since then, generations of women and men have blazed a steady trail towards equality in this country; but we still do not have constitutional equality. I attended many ERA events representing the League of Women Voters in the 1970s, and if someone would have told me then that we would still be fighting for this in 2020, I would have said that it was a failure of justice. Why is anyone against rights for everyone? Madam Speaker, equal rights for women transcend your politics, they transcend your age, where you are from, and your gender. Women in this country continue to receive unequal pay, suffer from harassment in the workplace, endure discrimination for pregnancies, and fight long legal battles over domestic violence cases. A correction of our Constitution is clearly long overdue. Liberty and justice for all must apply equally to women and men in this country. Let's pass this resolution.”