Thank you for signing. Looking forward, to after this Presidential Election, as you and many others continue to step forward to GO HIGH for women's rights, here are some Intergenerational Comments copied from the ERA Petition you signed. These posted sentiments should nourish your spirit of activism, bring warmth to your big heart and hope for FINALLY Ratifying the ERA. ROBERTA FRANCIS CHATHAM, NJ 2016-10-18 Co-Chair, ERA Task Force National Council of Women's Organizations THANKS TO THE YELLOW ROSES, AN ASTOUNDING GROUP OF YOUNG EQUALITY FIGHTERS -- WITH A BOUQUET OF 93 YELLOW ROSES, ONE FOR EACH YEAR SINCE ALICE PAUL FIRST PROPOSED THE ERA. LET'S CELEBRATE ITS RATIFICATION BY 2023 (OR EVEN SOONER) WITH 100 YELLOW ROSES! LUCIENNE BEARD Executive Director of the Alice Paul Institute: October 18, 2016 at 3:40 pm Alice Paul would be so proud. Keep up the great work! JOYCE RAE STRICKLEN October 18, 2016 at 10:18 am I am so proud of these young women and so glad they have picked up where we left off in the 80s. Having marched in three capitals, including Washington, DC, and working so hard for so long, only to have the amendment not pass, was heartbreaking. Now I can tell by feminist friends that the torch has passed to a very worthy group and success is over the horizon! Gladys Ritter Stillwater, MN 2016-10-27 Ruth Bader Ginsburg sent me. David Dismore Los Angeles, CA 2016-10-22 The battle to ban sex discrimination at the polls took so long that of all those who attended the first Women’s Rights Convention in Seneca Falls, NY, in 1848, only one, Charlotte Woodward Pierce, was still around on Election Day 1920, the first General Election after ratification of the 19th Amendment in August. The battle for the E.R.A. is also a multi-generational struggle that has already taken 21 years longer than the 72-year campaign for the vote, so it’s great to know that some members of your generation are eager to become the newest links in our chain that goes back to Alice Paul in 1923, and forward to the victory party ! NORA ROBERTS, New York Times Best Selling Author These girls rock! I still remember my personal shock and disappointment when the ERA didn't pass. I'm honored the future of women chose one of my quotes to help fight the good fight. The quote is: "If you don't step forward, you're always in the same place.” -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These comments are shared by grade 8 students known as: The Yellow Roses. Please continue to help us spread the word. THANKS FOR SIGNING! www.theyellowrosesERA.org