- Collection:
- Donna Novak Coles Georgia Women's Movement Archives
- Title:
- 200 Years Overdue. Link Up with ERA [button], circa 1970s
- Publisher:
- Atlanta, Ga. : Georgia State University Library
- Date of Original:
- 1970/1979
- Subject:
- Feminism
Equal rights amendments - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- information artifacts
buttons (information artifacts) - Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jp2
- Description:
- Margaret Miller Curtis, born in Marianna, Florida on 1 November 1935, earned a bachelor's degree in education from Florida State University and taught elementary school in Florida and Ohio. In 1973 she moved to Georgia and became active in the Women's Movement centering her Christian faith in her activism for women's rights. During the 1970s and 1980s she functioned as a writer, lobbyist, and fund-raiser for a number of organizations,including People of Faith for the ERA, ERA Georgia, Inc., and the Council on Battered Women. Curtis traveled and spoke extensively to religious groups, at community meetings, and at organizational conferences throughout Georgia, advocating for the ratification of the ERA. Curtis was chair of the Speaker's Bureau for ERA Georgia, Inc. (1979-1980), was president of People of Faith for the ERA in Georgia (1980-1982), and has served on the board of directors for the Council on Battered Women (1975, 1986-88). Curtis specialized in newspaper publicity and letter writing and has had over 500 letters to the editor published in addition to those she authored for others. Many of these, which she continues to write, address the ERA and other women's issues. Her cartoons and creative writings, some of which have also been published, reflect her activism and interest in these issues. Curtis resides in Vinings, Georgia.
- Metadata URL:
- http://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/coles/id/1811
- IIIF manifest:
- https://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/iiif/2/coles:1811/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. In addition, no permission is required from the rights-holder(s) for educational uses. For other uses, you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: W005_artifacts_030, Margaret Miller Curtis papers, Donna Novak Coles Georgia Women's Movement Archives. Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University.
- Original Collection:
- SERIES V: SUBJECT FILES
Margaret Miller Curtis papers
https://archivesspace.library.gsu.edu/repositories/2/resources/1572
Donna Novak Coles Georgia Women's Movement Archives - Holding Institution:
- Georgia State University. Special Collections
- Rights:
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