Florida Media Coverage of the Equal Rights Amendment

I’ve received a revise and resubmit on my article about Florida newspaper’s coverage of the Equal Rights Amendment and Sen. Lori Wilson. Sen. Wilson was the only woman in the state senate at the time and was the sponsor of the E.R.A. (She was also the wife of Gannett executive Al Neuharth at the time.) I’m working on the revisions now.

Many women’s page journalists supported the ERA. But, in the 1970s, when the final states needed to be ratified, the sections were eliminated. The new sections were often headed by men. For example, Marjorie Paxson lost her job twice.

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