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MarthaWrightGriffiths was born on January 29, 1912 in Pierce City, Missouri.
Although Griffiths lost her first race for the state legislature, in 1948, she ran again and was elected to the Michigan state house of representatives, one of only two women in that chamber from 1948 to 1952.
During Griffiths’ long career in the United States House of Representatives, she was a tireless and effective advocate for the rights of women Her crowning legislative achievements were her successful advocacy for the inclusion of women in the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the passage by the Congress of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA).
MarthaWrightGriffiths, the outspoken legislator who lobbied successfully to include gender discrimination in the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and to revive the Equal Rights Amendment, died Tuesday evening at her home in Armada, Michigan.
Elected in 1954 to Congress, where she served for two decades, Griffiths fought to ensure that protections for women were included in the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which outlaws discrimination in voting and in access to public education, employment, public accommodations and federally-assisted programs.
In 1970, Griffiths filed a discharge petition to demand that the Equal Rights Amendment, which had languished in a House committee for 47 years, be heard by the full Congress.
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