The League of Women Voters of Monterey Count will present a free talk titled:  TheEqual Rights Amendment - The Centennial and the Big Picture” at a live-streamed "Lunch and Learn" Meeting on Wednesday, January 10, 2024.

We will celebrate the Centennial of the ERA with this presentation by Zoe Nicholson.  It is a virtual, live program of information about the ERA- what it says, who wrote it and what it would do. What is the hold up? What can you do about it? Learn about the ERA history through pictures, stories and an extensive Q and A. 

Guest speaker is Zoe Nicholson, an artist, author and activist. Her life’s devotion is the advancement of women and girls. Her obsession is Miss Alice Paul and the Equal Rights Amendment. In 1982, she joined six women at the Illinois state capital to publicly fast in support of the Equal Rights Amendment. Her memoir, from Lune Soleil Press, “TheHungry Heart: A Woman’s Fast for Justice,” recounts her 37 days fasting in the torrent of the fight for the ERA. In January 2019, she was featured on PBS’ We’ll Meet Again with Anne Curry. Zoe is featured in the film, Still Working 9 to 5, starring Parton, Fonda and Tomlin. Zoe’s one woman show, Tea with Alice and Me, tells the story of Alice Paul, architect of the 19th Amendment and the Equal Rights Amendment as well as Zoe’s life as an activist. 

All current LWVMC members will be sent a link to the Zoom meeting on January 9th. Non-members can send a message to LWVmryco [at] gmail.com requesting an invitation.