Paris Hilton, Lizzy Jagger, Georgia May Jagger, Jerry Hall, Natalie White, and more rallied support for the Equal Rights Amendment at the The Paradise Club on Tuesday night.
If at first you don’t succeed, try, try, again. And recruit a few of your influential friends to help out.
Equal Means Equal, a campaign supporting efforts to pass the Equal Rights Amendment, kicked off Tuesday night with a cocktail party at the Paradise Club at the Edition Times Square. Event hosts Natalie White, Lizzy Jagger, Georgia May Jagger, Jerry Hall, Paris Hilton, Theodora Richards and more showed up to help rally support.
White, who crafted the large flag that served as a prime photo backdrop, began working on the Equal Rights Amendment in 2015 while doing a performance piece about the lack of movement in the women’s movement.
“While I was doing that performance art piece, someone told me women didn’t have equal rights in the United States Constitution, so that made me extremely angry and I decided to do something about it,” she said. “We started going into the states to lobby for ratification.”
![Equal Means Equal, a campaign supporting efforts to pass the Equal Rights Amendment, kicked off Tuesday night with a cocktail party at the Paradise Club at the Edition Times Square. Event hosts Natalie White, Lizzy Jagger, Georgia May Jagger, Jerry Hall, Paris Hilton, Theodora Richards and more showed up to help rally support.White, who crafted the large flag that served as a prime photo backdrop, began working on the Equal Rights Amendment in 2015 while doing a performance piece about the lack of movement in the women’s movement.“While I was doing that performance art piece, someone told me women didn’t have equal rights in the United States Constitution, so that made me extremely angry and I decided to do something about it,” she said. “We started going into the states to lobby for ratification.” To successfully pass, a state’s house and senate both have to vote “yes” on the amendment in the same year. Before White began working on the cause, no state had voted on the amendment in the last 40 years; after rallying successful ratification votes in Nevada and Illinois, the measure is only one state away from being added to the Constitution. This year, the measure failed to pass in Missouri and Louisiana, as well as Virginia, where it failed by only one vote in that state’s House.“That’s why we need all eyes on this election in November for the state house delegates in Virginia,” White added.Hope ran deep in the room.“We can go back to states we failed in last voting session so we’re going to keep pushing until we get that last [one],” said Lizzy Jagger.She became involved with the cause after joining White in Washington, D.C., after the artist had walked from New York to Washington as part of a performance protest piece. White painted “ERA” on the steps of the Capitol Building when she arrived.“I just couldn’t believe that we still didn’t have full rights in the Constitution under the law,” Jagger added. “We’ve got to finish completely our paperwork, which the rest of the world finished in the Seventies. We’re one of the last countries to join on the U.N.’s [Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women]. Under the U.N., America can’t sign that until it has its own equal rights amendments. We’re one of seven countries that hasn’t signed it.”](https://www.reservedmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/IMG_4559_RomerPedronPhoto-682x1024-1.jpeg "Equal Means Equal, a campaign supporting efforts to pass the Equal Rights Amendment, kicked off Tuesday night with a cocktail party at the Paradise Club at the Edition Times Square. Event hosts Natalie White, Lizzy Jagger, Georgia May Jagger, Jerry Hall, Paris Hilton, Theodora Richards and more showed up to help rally support.White, who crafted the large flag that served as a prime photo backdrop, began working on the Equal Rights Amendment in 2015 while doing a performance piece about the lack of movement in the women’s movement.“While I was doing that performance art piece, someone told me women didn’t have equal rights in the United States Constitution, so that made me extremely angry and I decided to do something about it,” she said. “We started going into the states to lobby for ratification.” To successfully pass, a state’s house and senate both have to vote “yes” on the amendment in the same year. Before White began working on the cause, no state had voted on the amendment in the last 40 years; after rallying successful ratification votes in Nevada and Illinois, the measure is only one state away from being added to the Constitution. This year, the measure failed to pass in Missouri and Louisiana, as well as Virginia, where it failed by only one vote in that state’s House.“That’s why we need all eyes on this election in November for the state house delegates in Virginia,” White added.Hope ran deep in the room.“We can go back to states we failed in last voting session so we’re going to keep pushing until we get that last [one],” said Lizzy Jagger.She became involved with the cause after joining White in Washington, D.C., after the artist had walked from New York to Washington as part of a performance protest piece. White painted “ERA” on the steps of the Capitol Building when she arrived.“I just couldn’t believe that we still didn’t have full rights in the Constitution under the law,” Jagger added. “We’ve got to finish completely our paperwork, which the rest of the world finished in the Seventies. We’re one of the last countries to join on the U.N.’s [Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women]. Under the U.N., America can’t sign that until it has its own equal rights amendments. We’re one of seven countries that hasn’t signed it.”")
![Equal Means Equal, a campaign supporting efforts to pass the Equal Rights Amendment, kicked off Tuesday night with a cocktail party at the Paradise Club at the Edition Times Square. Event hosts Natalie White, Lizzy Jagger, Georgia May Jagger, Jerry Hall, Paris Hilton, Theodora Richards and more showed up to help rally support.White, who crafted the large flag that served as a prime photo backdrop, began working on the Equal Rights Amendment in 2015 while doing a performance piece about the lack of movement in the women’s movement.“While I was doing that performance art piece, someone told me women didn’t have equal rights in the United States Constitution, so that made me extremely angry and I decided to do something about it,” she said. “We started going into the states to lobby for ratification.” To successfully pass, a state’s house and senate both have to vote “yes” on the amendment in the same year. Before White began working on the cause, no state had voted on the amendment in the last 40 years; after rallying successful ratification votes in Nevada and Illinois, the measure is only one state away from being added to the Constitution. This year, the measure failed to pass in Missouri and Louisiana, as well as Virginia, where it failed by only one vote in that state’s House.“That’s why we need all eyes on this election in November for the state house delegates in Virginia,” White added.Hope ran deep in the room.“We can go back to states we failed in last voting session so we’re going to keep pushing until we get that last [one],” said Lizzy Jagger.She became involved with the cause after joining White in Washington, D.C., after the artist had walked from New York to Washington as part of a performance protest piece. White painted “ERA” on the steps of the Capitol Building when she arrived.“I just couldn’t believe that we still didn’t have full rights in the Constitution under the law,” Jagger added. “We’ve got to finish completely our paperwork, which the rest of the world finished in the Seventies. We’re one of the last countries to join on the U.N.’s [Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women]. Under the U.N., America can’t sign that until it has its own equal rights amendments. We’re one of seven countries that hasn’t signed it.”](https://www.reservedmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/IMG_4570_RomerPedronPhoto-682x1024-1.jpeg "Equal Means Equal, a campaign supporting efforts to pass the Equal Rights Amendment, kicked off Tuesday night with a cocktail party at the Paradise Club at the Edition Times Square. Event hosts Natalie White, Lizzy Jagger, Georgia May Jagger, Jerry Hall, Paris Hilton, Theodora Richards and more showed up to help rally support.White, who crafted the large flag that served as a prime photo backdrop, began working on the Equal Rights Amendment in 2015 while doing a performance piece about the lack of movement in the women’s movement.“While I was doing that performance art piece, someone told me women didn’t have equal rights in the United States Constitution, so that made me extremely angry and I decided to do something about it,” she said. “We started going into the states to lobby for ratification.” To successfully pass, a state’s house and senate both have to vote “yes” on the amendment in the same year. Before White began working on the cause, no state had voted on the amendment in the last 40 years; after rallying successful ratification votes in Nevada and Illinois, the measure is only one state away from being added to the Constitution. This year, the measure failed to pass in Missouri and Louisiana, as well as Virginia, where it failed by only one vote in that state’s House.“That’s why we need all eyes on this election in November for the state house delegates in Virginia,” White added.Hope ran deep in the room.“We can go back to states we failed in last voting session so we’re going to keep pushing until we get that last [one],” said Lizzy Jagger.She became involved with the cause after joining White in Washington, D.C., after the artist had walked from New York to Washington as part of a performance protest piece. White painted “ERA” on the steps of the Capitol Building when she arrived.“I just couldn’t believe that we still didn’t have full rights in the Constitution under the law,” Jagger added. “We’ve got to finish completely our paperwork, which the rest of the world finished in the Seventies. We’re one of the last countries to join on the U.N.’s [Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women]. Under the U.N., America can’t sign that until it has its own equal rights amendments. We’re one of seven countries that hasn’t signed it.”")
To successfully pass, a state’s house and senate both have to vote “yes” on the amendment in the same year. Before White began working on the cause, no state had voted on the amendment in the last 40 years; after rallying successful ratification votes in Nevada and Illinois, the measure is only one state away from being added to the Constitution. This year, the measure failed to pass in Missouri and Louisiana, as well as Virginia, where it failed by only one vote in that state’s House.
“That’s why we need all eyes on this election in November for the state house delegates in Virginia,” White added.
Hope ran deep in the room.
“We can go back to states we failed in last voting session so we’re going to keep pushing until we get that last [one],” said Lizzy Jagger.
She became involved with the cause after joining White in Washington, D.C., after the artist had walked from New York to Washington as part of a performance protest piece. White painted “ERA” on the steps of the Capitol Building when she arrived.
“I just couldn’t believe that we still didn’t have full rights in the Constitution under the law,” Jagger added. “We’ve got to finish completely our paperwork, which the rest of the world finished in the Seventies. We’re one of the last countries to join on the U.N.’s [Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women]. Under the U.N., America can’t sign that until it has its own equal rights amendments. We’re one of seven countries that hasn’t signed it.”
