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The fight over the Equal Rights Amendment is often framed as a classic fight between liberals and conservatives with liberals supporting the amendment to ensure gender equality and conservatives opposing the amendment to preserve traditional gender roles. But the history of the ERA before the state ratification battles of the 1970s shows that the fight over complete constitutional sexual equality did not always fall along strict political boundaries. As the dynamics of the early ERA conflict suggest, support for and opposition to the ERA are not positions that are fundamentally tied to either conservatism or liberalism. The ERA was first introduced into Congress in 1923, and Congress held several hearings on the amendment from the 1920s through the 1960s. Early ERA supporters as well as amendment opponents included liberals and conservatives alike. At its roots, the ERA conflict reflects a battle over the nature of American citizenship and not a typical political fight between li
Apr 23, 2021
Michel Doherty passed away on Sunday, April 18, 2021 at the age of 96. She was born on December 7th, 1924, in Erie, PA. to Marie Morris and David Lloyd George. She is preceded in death by her brothers, William M. George, David Lloyd, John Lloyd George, and her sister Genevieve Geber. Michel is preceded in death by her husband William K. Rodstein, of Philadelphia, PA, who passed away in 1969, her husband Edward Doherty of Cape Coral, FL, who passed away in 2006, and her beloved son Michael W. Rodstein, who passed away in 2019.
Michel is survived by her son William M. Rodstein and his wife Barbara Rodstein, her niece Marcia Vizzi of West Seneca, New York, and many step grandchildren, nieces, and nephews.