Sherry Sutton oral history interview [sound recording], 1998 November 8 and 1999 March 7.

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Sherry Sutton oral history interview [sound recording], 1998 November 8 and 1999 March 7.

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Describing her childhood, Sutton says she acquired from her family a Depression-era mentality at an early age. In the mid 1960s, she became involved in political issues and then became interested in women's issues. She talks about her fund raising work in the 1960s in an effort to assist women who had to go to New York to seek abortions. In the mid 1970s, Sutton became involved in the Democratic Party and in 1979, began her service as its chair. Sutton describes her involvement in the Women's Movement, and states that one of her main objectives was to help get more women elected into office. Sutton's interest in the Equal Rights Amendment campaign began when she saw that women were serious about building a state-wide coalition that could effectively lobby and ratify the amendment. She served as chair of ERA Georgia, Inc. and also worked on the national level with ERAmerica. Sutton recalls that ERAmerica did not consider Georgia as a key state when pushing the amendment. Sutton goes on to discuss the rivalries between the different women's groups such as NOW and the Women's Political Caucus at both the state and national levels, providing detailed accounts of each group and their leading figures. Sutton contends that the defeat of the ERA came about because religious organizations convinced Georgia's legislators and the public that the ERA would be detrimental for women. Sutton closes by discussing the accomplishments of the Women's Movement and some of the obstacles it faced.

3 sound cassettes : analog.3 sound discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in.transcript 85 leaves ; 28 cm.

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ERA Georgia, Inc.

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