"Cobb Women's Political Alliance" badge, 1980s

The Virginia MacMahon Ackerman collection consists of an approximately 30 page scrapbook (with a 12 page insert), "Marketing the ERA in Cobb County," compiled by Ackerman in 1982 to document her activities to "market" the ERA in Cobb County, Georgia, 1981-1982 (folder 1). The scrapbook contains correspondence, flyers, broadsides, news clippings and articles related to efforts to ratify the ERA in Georgia, and includes a list of signatures of Cobb County residents endorsing the ERA.

Also included in the collection is the photocopy of Ackerman's undated Rolodex (circa 1981-1982) of entries for people working for passage of the ERA including clergy, women in communications, law, media, and politics, male supporters, and student leaders (folder 2). Artifacts are an ERA Yes "campaign" button; an identification card issued by the state of Georgia for entry to the state capitol for Ackerman's lobbying efforts on behalf of ERA Georgia, January 1982; a "Cobb Women's Political Alliance" badge, and a card distributed by the Georgia Association of Educators (GAE) with the Equal Rights Amendment on it and names, addresses, and phone numbers for Georgia legislators (folder 3).