Draft of speech about the Equal Rights Amendment, 1970s

MADAM P R E S I D E N T , MEMBERS or THE P I A S . MEMBERS AND FRIENDS: I AM PLEASED TO BE ABLE TO AODRES8 YOU TH16 EVENING. I TAKE MY HAT OFF TO YOU. YOUR ORGANIZATION IS INVOLVED. YOUR ORGANIZATION KHOWS WHERE I T IS HAPPENBNG. TH18 IS AN IMPORTANT YEAR FOR ALL OR U S , THIS YEAR HAS BEEN OECLARED " I N T E R N A T I O N A L WOMEN,8 Y E A R " . THE AWAKENING OF OUR N A T I O N , ANO THE WORLD TO THE R E A L I Z A T I O N THAT WOMEN ARE CAPABLE O F ? ? ? . ? ? Q U A L I F I E D FOR ? ? ? ? A N D MUST Of BE AFFORBED TOTAL E Q U A L I T Y IN THE FLELDS -EMPLOYMENT O P P O R T U N I T I E S . ACCEPTANCE TO T H I S FACT HA8 BEEN A SLOW AND PAINFULL PR0CES8. D I S T R U S T AND MISUNDERSTANDING HAS BEEN WIDESPREAD THROUGHOUT OUR LAND AS AMERICANS CONSIDERED SUCH REMEDIES AS THE EQUAL R I G H T S AMENDMENT WHICH WOULD P R O H I B I T D I C R I M I N A T I O N AGAINST WOMEN IN MANY ASPECTS OF EMPLOYMENT ANO IN GENERAL / THE SOCIAL ROLE OF THE SEXES IN AMERICA. EARLIER THIS YEAR. GOVERNOR 0 CALLAGHAN, IN H I S STATE OF THE S T A T E ADRESS ASKED THE NEVADA L E G I S L A T U R E TO R A T I F Y THE "EQUAL R I G H T S AMENOMENT". IN HIS SPEECH HE SAID THAT WOMEN HOLD UP HALF THE S K Y . HE OBSERVED THAT IN OUR CHANGING TIMES MORE ANO MORE WOMEN ARE REQUIRED TO WORK, NOT BY CHOICER BUT BY N E C E S S I T Y . THE NEVADA LABOR FORCE PRESENTLY INCLUDES MORE THAN 6 2 , 0 0 0 MARRIED WOMEN. MORE THAN 1 4 , 0 0 0 NEVADA HOUSEHOLDS ARE HEADED BY WOMEN RESPONSIBLE FOR THE THE 8UPP0RT OF C H I L D R E N . I T WAS A VERY D I S A P P O I N T I N G DAY WHEN THE NEVADA S T A T E SENATE F A I L E D TO PASS, FOR THE SECOND T I M E , THE E . R . A . THE RECOBD WILL 8H0W THOSE WHO SUPPORTED ANO TH08E WHO B I O NOT 8UPP0RT T H I S VERY VERY V I T A L I S S U E . I AM 8UR E MOST OF YOU ARE AWARE OF MY STAND. AND I AM ALSO SURE THAT T H I S V I T A L I88UE WILL PA88 IN 1977* "REvA D AMENDMENT I T 18 IMPORTANT AS FEMALES WE BEGIN TO R E A L I Z E THE POWER WE HOLD ANO CONTROL. CXJR GREAT P O T E N T I A L 18 IN INVOLVEMENT. " READ" WOMEN IN PUBLIC OFFICE (3) WE ARC AWARE THAT WOMEN ARE SERVING IN HIGH PLACES ALL OVER THE WORLD. THEY SERVE WITH Q I B N I T Y ANO WITH HONOR. MORE VSQMCN TOOAV ARE GRADUATING FROM U N I V E R S I T I E S ANO COLLEGES THROUGHOUT OUR NATION* THAT WE ARE THE STRONGER OEX THERE IS NO QUESTION. THE L I F E EXPECTANCY OF WOMEN TOOAV IS 75 VEARS. 6& is THE RIGURE TOR MALES. WE MUST RECOGNIZE THE POWER ANO CONTROL THA T THE PEMALE HOLDS TODAY. <>E HAVE COME ALONQ WAV"BABY" BUT ( DOM T THINK I T 18 VET FAR ENOUGH. FLOMEN'S RIGHTS AND LEARNING TO EXERCISE THEM IS THE ISSUE I F WE ARE TO CONTINUE OUR DEMOCRATIC WAY or L i r e . FOR THOSE WHO DENY FREEDOM TO OTHERS DESERVES I T NOT FOR THEMSELVES. THE F I R S T THINQ MECES&ARV TO MAKE A DREAM COME TRUE IS TO WAKE UP. AND WAKE UP WE MUST. We HAVE OUST BEGUN TO BE HEARD. IT IS UP TO WOMEN TO GET THINGS DONE. W e CANNOT J U S T S I T SACK AND SAY "I C A N T " , I DON T KNOW HOW*. YOU MUST BE AWARE THAT WE HAVE A MORAL COMMITTMENT TO HUMAN NEEDS OF THE WORLD.. I T IS B U I L T IN U S . WE ARE F I G H T E R S . We HAVE THE STAMINA. We ARE NOT E A S I L Y SWAYED FROM CAUSES WE B E L I E V E I N . We DO NOT 3UCCOMB TB PRESSURES OF SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS. THEV ARE L I K E YOU, W I F E , MOTHER , GRANDMOTHER T BUSINESS, PROFESSIONAL OR P O L I T I C A L . THEY THINK WITH THEIR HEARTS ANO MINDS. LE T S BBT I T ON.