Emma Guffey Miller | |
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 Emma Guffey Miller and Senator Edward R. Burke, author of an Equal Rights Amendment | |
| Born | Mary Emma Guffey July 6, 1874 Guffey Station, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, US |
| Died | July 6, 1970 (aged 96) Grove City, Pennsylvania, US |
Emma Guffey Miller (July 6, 1874 – February 23, 1970) was an American feminist activist and long-time Democratic Party official. She was a major proponent of an Equal Rights Amendment for women.[1]
- ^ "Urges equal rights for women. Washington, D.C., Feb. 9. Mrs. Emma Guffey Miller, Democratic National Committeewoman from Pennsylvania and a sister of Senator Joseph Guffey, urged approval of the Burke Constitutional Amendment for Equal Rights for Women as she testified before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee today. Mrs.. Miller, shown with Senator Burke, author of the Amendment, told the committee that business women have "felt the ruinious effects of discriminatory and so-called protective legislation," 2/9/38". Library of Congress. Retrieved February 22, 2022.