Author: Carolyn Maloney

Carolyn Maloney is the founder of ERA NOW and president of New York State NOW. She is a former U.S. representative from New York and the first woman to represent New York’s 12th Congressional District, where she was the first woman to give birth while in office; she was also the first woman to chair both the Joint Economic Committee and the House Committee on Oversight and Reform. Maloney is the author of Rumors of our Progress Have Been Greatly Exaggerated: Why Women’s Lives Aren’t Getting any Easier and How We Can Make Real Progress for Ourselves and Our Daughters.

Why the ERA Needs Congressional Action—And How We Can Win

Carolyn Maloney

Over these past weeks, I’ve read countless emails, sat through heated meetings, and heard the cries for action directed at President Joe Biden urging him to order the archivist to certify and publish the ERA in the Constitution. I understand the yearning for a decisive stroke. But this path, I believe, is a snare, tangled in legal thorns, dangerous and fraught with risk.

After careful study and consultation with leading constitutional experts, I am certain that Congress must pass joint resolutions to recognize the ERA and remove the arbitrary time limit.

His intervention could set off a chain reaction, handing ERA opponents an opportunity to challenge the amendment in court. A judicial gauntlet with Trump-appointed judges risks obliterating decades of progress, forcing us to begin again, clawing our way back through Congress, where a two-thirds vote is needed in the House and Senate, and three-fourths of state legislatures must ratify any new amendment.

Fifty Years After Passage, the Equal Rights Amendment Is More Important Than Ever

Carolyn Maloney

In March, the House passed H.J. Res. 17, which would eliminate the arbitrary time limit for ERA ratification and remove any shadow of uncertainty about the ERA’s validity. A companion measure is pending in the Senate.

Gender equality is not a partisan issue. The ERA is the way to guarantee it, and the time for action is now.

Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum Will Give Women Their Rightful Place in History and in D.C.

Carolyn Maloney

The Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum is decades in the making. For more than 20 years, I have been working to pass a bill that would give women our rightful place in our nation’s history and capital city. As with so many advancements for women, this one was hard-fought.

Constitution Day—Time for ERA!

Carolyn Maloney

“Let’s paint a broader picture of who can make constitutional law than the one from Philadelphia in 1787. Let’s continue down the path toward a more perfect union. This Constitution Day, let’s spell out equality: E-R-A.”

A Wonderful and Predictable Part of Life

Carolyn Maloney

Congress finally guaranteed paid leave to federal workers when they have a new baby or adopt or foster a child.

Celebrating the Latest Historic Move Toward ERA Ratification

Carolyn Maloney

The votes today in favor of ratifying the Equal Rights Amendment in Virginia’s House of Delegates and Senate mark a huge step in the fight for women’s equality.

State Lawmakers Should Protect Abortion Access

Carolyn Maloney

“It is time for the elected representatives in Congress, and in state houses across the country, to protect the right to privacy and a woman’s right to abortion services—rather than attack it, undermine it and try to eliminate it.”

How Federal Research Funding Could Curtail Gun Violence

Carolyn Maloney

Federal funding for research on gun violence has faced severe restrictions for more than two decades. This makes it difficult for policymakers to fully understand the problem and create solutions to fix it.

Women’s Bodies Shouldn’t Be Battlefields

Carolyn Maloney

Is the Trump Administration’s official position that women and girls who have suffered sexual violence do not deserve medical help?

Justice & Law

Let’s Make Herstory: It’s Time to Ratify the Equal Rights Amendment

Carolyn Maloney

Each and every one of us has the power to change the world. And I know how we are going to do it: We are going to finally win the nearly 100-year fight to put women’s equality in the U.S. Constitution.

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