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to Reconsider ERA  Senate should follow up Ginsburg vote by
reintroducing amendment  By Cynthia Terrell. Cynthia Terrell was
campaign manager of the 1992 Iowa Women's Equality Campaign. /
August 17, 1993  BY voting 96 to 3 to elevate Judge Ruth Bader
Ginsburg to the Supreme Court, the United States Senate sent a
clear message: In the last decade of the 20th century, it is not
controversial for a prospective Supreme Court justice to support
an equal rights amendment to the US Constitution.  Skip to next
paragraph  Judge Ginsburg avoided taking many strong positions
during her Senate Judiciary Committee hearings. But when it came
to an equal rights amendment to the Constitution, her support
was unequivocal.  Replying to a question from Sen. Arlen Specter
(R) of Pennsylvania, Ginsburg said: "I remain an advocate of the
equal rights amendment, I will tell you, for this reason:
because I have a daughter and a grand-daughter, and I would like
the legis