Tag:Equal Rights Amendment

Remembering Pat Schroeder: Pioneer, Trailblazer

Pat Schroeder, Colorado’s first woman to serve in Congress and legislative trailblazer, died March 13 due to complications from a stroke.

‘A Woman’s Place is in the House’: The Legislative Legacy of Rep. Pat Schroeder

Pat Schroeder, who died this week at age 82, was known for her sharp wit and fierce advocacy for equal rights, health care and family leave.

A Brief History of the Era of ERA

Just a few years after it was introduced, the Equal Rights Amendment appeared on the chopping block in the state’s 1976 ballot.

CU Hosts Online Event Marking the Centennial of Women’s Suffrage

Although social distancing demands kept people from gathering at the University of Colorado campus for the 28th Ira C. Rothgerber Jr. Conference, more than...