Do we even need an Equal Rights Amendment? Join us Wednesday, October 23, at 6 pm, as Skidmore Professors Katherine Graney (Political Science), and Jennifer Delton (History) discuss the ERA’s history at Skidmore, its many opponents, and the current campaign to get it passed.

This event is part of Establish, Insure, Provide, Promote: Election 2024.

About the Speakers

Jennifer Delton is a Professor of History at Skidmore. Her research and teaching focus on class, race, and U.S. politics in the twentieth century.

Katherine Graney is a Professor of Political Science and Director of the Gender Studies program at Skidmore. Since receiving her BA from the College of the Holy Cross and her Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin, Professor Graney has taught Political Science, International Relations, Inter-Group Relations and Gender Studies at Skidmore. A specialist in the politics of the former Soviet Union, she also teaches courses on European politics, international human rights, gender and international relations, and comparative racial politics. She is the author of two books, including Russia, The Former Soviet Republics and Europe Since 1989 (2019, Oxford University Press).