Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Michigan's 17th district
In office January 3, 1955 – December 31, 1974
Preceded by
Charles Oakman
Succeeded by
William Brodhead
Personal details
Born
Martha Edna Wright
(1912-01-29)January 29, 1912 Pierce City, Missouri, U.S.
Died
April 22, 2003(2003-04-22) (aged 91) Armada, Michigan, U.S.
Political party
Democratic
Spouse
Hicks Griffiths
(m. 1933; died 1996)
Education
University of Missouri, Columbia (BA) University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (LLB)
Martha Wright Griffiths (January 29, 1912 – April 22, 2003) was an American lawyer and judge before being elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1954. Griffiths was the first woman to serve on the House Committee on Ways and Means and the first woman elected to the United States Congress from Michigan as a member of the Democratic Party. She was "instrumental" in including the prohibition of sex discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.[1] In 1982, Griffiths was also the first woman elected lieutenant governor of Michigan, as Matilda Dodge Wilson had been appointed the first female lieutenant governor of Michigan in 1939.
^"Martha Griffiths and the Equal Rights Amendment". National Archives: The Center for Legislative Archives. Retrieved 2013-05-20.
Martha Wright Griffiths (January 29, 1912 – April 22, 2003) was an American lawyer and judge before being elected to the United States House of Representatives...
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joking and sincerely supported the amendment. Along with Representative MarthaGriffiths, he was the amendment's chief spokesperson. For 20 years, Smith had...
leader. After the House approved its version under the leadership of MarthaGriffiths of Michigan, the Senate easily passed Bayh's ERA in March 1972, sending...
Bentsen, Hale Boggs, John Brademas, Frank Church, Thomas Eagleton, MarthaGriffiths, John Melcher, Ralph Metcalfe, William Proxmire, Leonor Sullivan Vacant...
1960s and 1970s renewed support for the amendment. U.S. Representative MarthaGriffiths of Michigan reintroduced it in 1971, leading to its approval by the...
Bentsen, John Brademas, Hale Boggs, Frank Church, Thomas Eagleton, MarthaGriffiths, John Melcher, Ralph Metcalfe, William Proxmire, Leonor Sullivan Vacant...
Albert, Lloyd Bentsen, John Brademas, Frank Church, Thomas Eagleton, MarthaGriffiths, John Melcher, Ralph Metcalfe, William Proxmire, Leonor Sullivan Vacant...
congressional district 1975–1979 Succeeded by Julian Dixon Preceded by MarthaGriffiths Chair of the House Beauty Shop Committee 1975–1979 Position abolished...
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Albert, Hale Boggs, John Brademas, Frank Church, Thomas Eagleton, MarthaGriffiths, John Melcher, Ralph Metcalfe, William Proxmire, Leonor Sullivan Vacant...
(WI) and Reps. Carl Albert (OK), Hale Boggs (LA), John Brademas (IN), MarthaGriffiths (MI), John Melcher (MT), Ralph Metcalfe (IL), and Leonor Sullivan (MO)...
push for health insurance reform in 1974. In January, representatives MarthaGriffiths and James C. Corman introduced the Health Security Act, a universal...
Judiciary Committee due to a discharge petition filed by Representative MarthaGriffiths. In March 1972, the ERA was approved by the full Senate without changes...
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Carl Albert, Lloyd Bentsen, Hale Boggs, John Brademas, Frank Church, MarthaGriffiths, John Melcher, Ralph Metcalfe, William Proxmire, Leonor Sullivan Vacant...
Peverill Squire is the Hicks and MarthaGriffiths Chair in American Political Institutions at the University of Missouri, a political scientist well known...
Bentsen, Hale Boggs, John Brademas, Frank Church, Thomas Eagleton, MarthaGriffiths, John Melcher, Ralph Metcalfe, Leonor Sullivan Vacant Title next held...
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