In 1916, two suffragists climbed into a bright gold Saxon motorcar named the Golden Flyer and drove 11,000 miles across the United States – through towns that had never seen a woman behind the wheel – in support of the radical idea that women deserved the right to vote.
This month, 110 years later, ERA supporters are driving for equality again. An original Saxon motorcar has been restored, painted the original gold color, and the Golden Flyer II is now Driving the Vote for Equality. The goal of the tour is to finish what those suffragists started: putting equality of rights under the law for all people into the United States Constitution.
The Driving the Vote for Equality Tour will be in Austin on March 24 and in Georgetown on March 25. Our own League headquarters at the Baker School will be one of the stops! Check our calendar for details.
Read the Ms. Magazine article "The Road to the ERA Runs Through Congress" describing the 25-state driving tour and national petition drive aimed to pressure lawmakers to recognize the Equal Rights Amendment as the 28th Amendment to the Constitution.
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