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Sally Pancrazio - ERA Fight in Illinois

Dr. Sally Pancrazio was involved in the fight to pass the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) in Illinois from 1972 until the Amendment's defeat in the Illinois legislature in 1982. Sally discusses tactics used by both the pro and anti-ERA lobbyists, and knew many of the key political and organizational players. She continued to push for ERA's passage after that. As a member of the Women’s Political Caucus, she provided data and research for the effort. In 2018, the year that the Amendment was finally passed by the Illinois Legislature, Sally was part of a broad coalition in McLean County supporting its passage. She took leadership in pressing for a positive vote.

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Caption:
Sally Frances Bulkley at 3 years old in Binghamton, New York in 1943. (Narrator’s photo).

Where:
Binghamton, New York

When:
Circa 1943

Ownership:
Narrator’s photo

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Sally on her Mooseheart Academy senior girl’s trip to Potawatomi Park, near St. Charles, Illinois in 1956.

Where:

St. Charles, Illinois

When:
1956

Ownership:
Narrator’s photo

Caption:
Sally on her Mooseheart Academy senior girl’s trip to Potawatomi Park, near St. Charles, Illinois in 1956.

Where:
St. Charles, Illinois

When:
1956

Ownership:
Narrator’s photo

Caption:
Sally’s freshman year photo while at Illinois State Normal University (Normal, IL) in 1958. She was a Business Education major.

Where:
Normal, IL

When:
1956

Ownership:
This image is considered to be in the public domain

Caption:
Sally, during her first year as a business education teacher at Jamaica Consolidated High School (near Danville, IL) 1960.

Where:
Danville, IL

When:
1960

Ownership:
This image is considered to be in the public domain

Caption:
Sally in Graduate school for Education at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, circa 1968.

Where:
Urbana-Champaign, Illinois

When:
1968

Ownership:
This image is considered to be in the public domain


Caption:
Sally and R. Kay Printy Moss (Right) Co-Chairs: Illinois ERA Coalition of Bloomington-Normal. They are celebrating the passage of the Equal Rights Amendment at the Night Shop Bar & Café in Bloomington, IL, on May 30, 2018.

Where:
Bloomington, IL

When:
May 30, 2018

Ownership:
Narrator’s photo

Caption:
Sally and R. Kay Printy Moss (Right) Co-Chairs: Illinois ERA Coalition of Bloomington-Normal. They are celebrating the passage of the Equal Rights Amendment at the Night Shop Bar & Café in Bloomington, IL, on May 30, 2018.

Where:
Bloomington, IL

When:
May 30, 2018

Ownership:
Narrator’s photo



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