Group of businesswomen look to make mark on history

Equal pay for men and women is priority No. 1 for the Athena Society, a venerable Tampa civic organization.

By Business Observer Staff
| 6:00 a.m. July 26, 2019
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Lorna Taylor, president of the Athena Society. Courtesy photo.

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Despite being passed by Congress in 1972, the Equal Rights Amendment — a measure that would guarantee equal pay for men and women, among other advancements — is still not the law of the land. That’s because only 37 of the required 38 states have ratified the amendment, and Congress has virtually ignored it over the past three decades.

Among the states that haven’t ratified the ERA? You guessed it — Florida.