GREENSBORO, N.C. — WFMY News 2 turns 75 this year. We're looking forward to it.
We’re also looking back to March 22. Yes, we're talking about women's rights!
Back in 1972, congress approved the Equal Rights Amendment. The constitutional amendment was designed to guarantee equal rights and protection against sexual discrimination for women.
Yet, it was never ratified by the required number of states, so it was never adopted as a constitutional amendment.
So, in March of 1973, WFMY News 2 found members of the Greensboro mayor's committee on the status of women outside a drug store.
They were conducting a survey asking about women's rights in Greensboro.
“Questions that refer to the position in the household, also some specific questions about receiving credit, and a final question asking what they feel the major problems are for women in the city of Greensboro,” someone from the mayor's committee shared.
Opinions on the topic were mixed.
“It’s a man's world. I think this women's lib is a bunch of woosh woosh,” a viewer shared.
Someone else shared, “With women going out to work and taking practically the same status as a male, she should be given equal rights.”
“What have they got to be liberated from? They’ve got more spare time now than what a man has! In a 40-hour week, they stay at home half the day, do the housework, and sit down watching TV,” another viewer shared.
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