Mormons for ERA 1977-1983 1979-1983

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Mormons for ERA 1977-1983 1979-1983

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The collection pertains to the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), its legislation, ratification process and the many other complex issues involving the pro-ERA movement, and anti-ERA groups. The collection deals, for the most part, with Alice Allred Pottmyer's, Hazel Davis Rigby's, and Maida Rust Withers's involvement in the organization Mormons for ERA, the organization itself, and the involvement of Mormons for ERA in the national debate over ERA. A substantial amount of material relates to the LDS Church and its official stand against ERA. One of the main focal points of the collection is the excommunication of Sonia Johnson from the LDS Church.

25 boxes; 9.25 linear ft.

eng,

Utah State University. Merrill-Cazier Library. Special Collections and ArchivesUniversity Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 6624423

Utah State University. Merrill-Cazier Library. Special Collections and ArchivesUniversity Archives

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Johnson, Sonia

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Sonia Ann Harris was born on 27 February 1936 in Malad City, Idaho, to Alvin and Ida Howell Harris. Her childhood was spent in Preston, Idaho, until the family moved to Logan, Utah, in 1948. She was raised a faithful member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (The Mormon Church). After graduation from Logan High School in 1954 Sonia worked in a bank until she entered Utah State University in January 1955. She received her B.A. in English in 1958. Sonia and Richard Theodore Johnson...

Mormons for ERA

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Mormons for ERA was officially organized in 1978 by co-founders: Hazel Davis Rigby, Maida Rust Withers, Teddie Wood, and Sonia Johnson. Sonia Johnson was voted the first president and main spokesperson on May 7, 1980. On December 11, 1982 Johnson was succeeded by Alice Allred Pottmyer. Mormons for ERA was a pro-Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) organization that worked, rallied, and lobbied for the ERA. Their major activities included: formal and informal relations with the media, lobbyi...

Withers, Maida

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Rigby, Hazel Davis.

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Pottmyer, Alice Allred.

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