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Title: Letter from a constituent to Jack Brooks, July 3, 1978
Identifier: camh-dob-002156
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Joint Resolution Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of the United States Relative to Equal Rights for Men and Women (United States), Legislation
Dates: 1978-07-03
Box: 2007-255/426
Folder: 347.3
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: C.R. Dollinger, Jr., a constituent, admonishes Jack Brooks for not publicly stating his personal opinion on H.R. 638, a bill that would extend the ratification period for the Equal Rights Amendment. He urges Brooks to vote against the extension.

Title: Letter from a constituent to Jack Brooks, June 21, 1978
Identifier: camh-dob-002150
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Joint Resolution Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of the United States Relative to Equal Rights for Men and Women (United States), Legislation
Dates: 1978-06-21
Box: 2007-255/426
Folder: 347.2
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Anita Llaves, a constituent, urges Jack Brooks to support the passage of H.R. 638, which would extend the ratification period for the Equal Rights Amendment.

Title: Letter from a constituent to Jack Brooks, June 26, 1978
Identifier: camh-dob-002149
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Joint Resolution Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of the United States Relative to Equal Rights for Men and Women (United States)
Dates: 1978-06-26
Box: 2007-255/426
Folder: 347.1
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: The form letter, sent to Jack Brooks by many women in his district, urges Congress to oppose extending the ratification period for the Equal Rights Amendment. The back of the letter includes a clipping from the Miami Herald discussing the activism of Margo St. James, the founder of COYOTE (Call Off Your Old Tired Ethics), in advocating for the rights of sex workers and for the passage of the ERA.

Title: Letter from a constituent to Jack Brooks, May 22, 1978
Identifier: camh-dob-002138
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Joint Resolution Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of the United States Relative to Equal Rights for Men and Women (United States)
Dates: 1978-05-22
Box: 2007-255/426
Folder: 346.6
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Mrs. T.S. Meador writes to Jack Brooks regarding the possible extension of the deadline for the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment. An annotation on the letter says "Hold - Good Argument" in reference to allowing states that had already ratified the amendment to reconsider their stance.

Title: Letter from an ERA supporter to Jack Brooks, August 9, 1978
Identifier: camh-dob-002152
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Joint Resolution Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of the United States Relative to Equal Rights for Men and Women (United States), Legislation
Dates: 1978-08-09
Box: 2007-255/426
Folder: 347.2
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Ruth McGill, M.D. writes to Jack Brooks regarding his decision to vote against H.R. 638, which would extend the ratification period for the Equal Rights Amendment. She also states that her organization, Doctors for the Equal Rights Amendment, will withdraw support for all of H.R. 638 if recission is included as an amendment to the bill. Recission would allow states that had already passed the ERA to retract their ratification of the amendment.

Title: Letter from Congressional staff to Jack Brooks, May 31, 1978
Identifier: camh-dob-002139
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Joint Resolution Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of the United States Relative to Equal Rights for Men and Women (United States)
Dates: 1978-05-31
Box: 2007-255/426
Folder: 346.6
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: General Counsel Alan Parker writes to Jack Brooks regarding an attached memorandum he prepared on extending the ratification period for the proposed Equal Rights Amendment.

Title: Letter from Jack Brooks to a constituent, June 27, 1978
Identifier: camh-dob-002151
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Joint Resolution Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of the United States Relative to Equal Rights for Men and Women (United States), Legislation
Dates: 1978-06-27
Box: 2007-255/426
Folder: 347.2
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Jack Brooks replies to Anita Llaves, a constituent, who urged Brooks to support the passage of H.R. 638, which would extend the ratification period for the Equal Rights Amendment.

Title: Letter from Jack Brooks to the National Organization for Women Galveston chapter, July 31, 1978
Identifier: camh-dob-002159
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Joint Resolution Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of the United States Relative to Equal Rights for Men and Women (United States), Legislation
Dates: 1978-07-31
Box: 2007-255/426
Folder: 347.4
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Letter written by Jack Brooks in response to correspondence from the Galveston chapter of the National Organization for Women regarding Brooks's views on the Equal Rights Amendment and H.R. 638, which would extend the ratification period.

Title: Letter from the National Organization for Women Galveston chapter to Jack Brooks, July 23, 1978
Identifier: camh-dob-002157
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Joint Resolution Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of the United States Relative to Equal Rights for Men and Women (United States), Legislation
Dates: 1978-07-23
Box: 2007-255/426
Folder: 347.4
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Elizabeth Hudman writes to Jack Brooks on behalf of the Galveston chapter of the National Organization for Women regarding their disappointment with his decision to vote against H.R. 638, which would have extended the ratification period for the Equal Rights Amendment. Hudman requests that Brooks share why he chose to vote against it.