Lucy Hargrett Draper U.S. Equal Rights Amendment (1921-1982) research collection, ca. 1920-ongoing.

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Lucy Hargrett Draper U.S. Equal Rights Amendment (1921-1982) research collection, ca. 1920-ongoing.

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The Lucy Hargrett Draper U.S. Equal Rights Amendment (1921-1982) Research Collection is comprised of primary and secondary materials of all formats relating to efforts and activities at state, regional and national levels, to secure the passage of an equal rights amendment for women. The core of the collection is the personal library of Lucy Hargrett Draper, comprising of more than 160 monographs and periodicals. Also included are artifacts and other printed materials that have been donated and purchased with funds from the Lucy Hargrett Draper Endowment. The collection, which is continually growing, complements the Donna Novak Coles Georgia Women's Movement Archives.

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National Woman's Party

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National Woman’s Party (NWP), formerly (1913–16) Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage, American political party that in the early part of the 20th century employed militant methods to fight for an Equal Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Formed in 1913 as the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage, the organization was headed by Alice Paul and Lucy Burns. Its members had been associated with the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA), but their insistence that woman suffr...

Women's Equity Action League

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Draper, Lucy Hargrett,

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Lucy Hargrett Draper has had a long and deep interest in the first women's rights movement (1848-1920). This interest has inspired Draper's own efforts to bring about change in the United States to ensure greater opportunities and equality for American women. Former president of the Women's Equity Action League (WEAL), she was involved in the second wave of the women's rights movement as an activist, organizer, and officer in organizations focused on the economic, educational and legal equality ...