WXF January 2024 Newsletter
WXF Updates
WXF Welcomes Spring 2024 Interns
We are excited to have two new interns join our team at WXF for their spring semester! Griffin Yarmaloff from Loyola Marymount University (left pic) and Mia Blom from Emerson College (right pic) will be helping with all aspects of our projects.
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Notable Historical Individual Born in January
By: Debra Michals
Alice Paul, a leading figure in the 20th-century women’s suffrage movement, was born on January 11th, 1885, in New Jersey. She played a vital role in securing the 19th Amendment to the US Constitution, granting women the right to vote. After earning her Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania, Paul co-founded the National Woman’s Party and employed protests and pickets for suffrage. Despite arrests and harsh treatment, her efforts gained President Wilson’s support for suffrage, leading to the amendment’s passage. Throughout her life, Alice Paul remained a dedicated champion for women’s rights and gender equality.
DID YOU KNOW
After the passing of the 19th Amendment, Alice Paul co-wrote the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), proposing another constitutional amendment designed to guarantee legal rights for all American citizens regardless of sex. The ERA failed to be ratified by enough states before its legislative deadline, so Alice Paul didn’t get to see the ERA become part of the Constitution before she passed away. However, she laid foundation for many legislations that later passed.
Washington State House Unaimously Passes Bills Banning Child Marriage
Washington State Legislature
The 2024 Washington State Legislative session began on January 9th, and the House quickly passed House Bill 1455, which aims to ban child marriage. The bill passed unanimously with a vote of 98-0 in the House and is now awaiting approval from the Senate. Currently, children under 18 can marry in Washington with parental consent or approval from a judge. The existing law leaves children without legal recourse if they encounter problems in their marriages, making this bill crucial for protecting them from potentially abusive or dangerous situations.
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DID YOU KNOW
If the Bill goes into effect in the state of Washington, it will make Washington the 11th state to ban child marriage. Nearly 300,000 children were legally married in the U.S. between 2000 and 2018, according to a study by Unchained At Last, a nonprofit organization that advocates against child marriage (see our Non-Profit Nook for more info on Unchained At Last!).
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