Source: https://www.statesman.com/news/20200115/in-texas-equal-rights-amendment-ratified-nearly-50-years-ago

Work cited:

https://www.google.com/search?q=History+of+the+ERA%E2%80%9D&rlz=1CAPPDO_enUS965&sxsrf=AOaemvJsl7p__japZJaz6QmdDe2NE1RlbQ:1635142030317&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjF0f7e8uTzAhUJn-AKHWGWD6UQ_AUoBHoECAEQBg&biw=1366&bih=617&dpr=1#imgrc=3nZVaamRh-GkbM&imgdii=_SCX-87GZ4DCnM

Source link– https://www.ladyscience.com/features/olga-madar-labor-unionist-feminist-softball-ringer

“There was no union in the plant then, and the fact that they would hire me when other workers were laid off, just because I could play softball – was incredible” (Olga Madar).