Pop quiz: What part of the U.S. Constitution guarantees equal rights for women?
Answer: None of it.
The Constitution does not prohibit discrimination against women.
Read why the time is now for South Carolina legislators to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment.
Congratulations to the 2019-2020 Board of Directors of the League of Women Voters of Hilton Head Island-Bluffton Area elected at the League's May 15, 2019 Annual Meeting.
Many readers may not be aware that there is a revived movement to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA). Passage of H.3391 would make South Carolina the required 38th state to ratify the ERA and make it the law of the land. Now is the time to urge your state representative to join Weston Newton and support this bill in 2020.
At its April 10 general meeting, the League of Women Voters of Hilton Head-Bluffton Area and members of the public heard Mayor Lisa Sulka of the Town of Bluffton and Mayor John McCann of the Town of Hilton Head present their 'State of the Town' reports.
SC state senator Tom Davis and Beaufort County Council member Mike Covert: what are their priorities? Where do they stand on key state and local issues?
The League of Women Voters of South Carolina has initiated VOTERSRULE2020, a blog to help inform readers about redistricting reform. Sign up to join the team, follow the news, and take action.
The ERA is an amendment to the United States Constitution that would guarantee equal rights to all Americans, regardless of sex. The ERA would provide a fundamental and universal legal remedy agains discrimination for both women and men.
Hilton Head/Bluffton League Co-president Nancy Williams explains the wealth of election and candidate information available to Lowcountry voters on Vote411.org.
