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League of Women Voters of Pullman Sponsors a Harvard Case Method: 

“Democracy and Women’s Rights in America: The Fight Over the ERA”

The ERA debate of the 1970s and 1980s was the latest episode in a long struggle in America to define women’s rights and to determine how best to secure them. To date, thirty-eight states have finally ratified the ERA, but whether its protections for women’s rights are added to the US Constitution remains an open question.

To learn about the case of the ERA and many other landmark cases, two Colfax high school teachers, Andrew and Ronda Penwell were sponsored by the LWV of Pullman to travel to Harvard in 2019 to receive training from David Moss, PhD. The program teaches civics and government using the Harvard Case Method. Since then, the Penwells report that they regularly use the case method in their high school civics classes as an interactive way to teach history, government, and civic education.

The public is invited to attend the LWV virtual meeting on March 4^th at 7 pm to learn about “The Fight Over the Equal Rights Amendment.” The discussion will be facilitated by Andrew and Ronda Penwell. The event is FREE to the public, but because of copywrite, you are required to register by March 1^st by emailing lwvpull@yahoo.com. Background information and case reading materials will be shared with registered attendees ahead of the meeting. A Zoom link to the event will also be sent to those who register by March 1^st. Send questions to lwvpull@yahoo.com.