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<\/a>Linda Smith started her life of activism in the 1960s when she became involved with the Anti-War\u00c2\u00a0Movement while she was in college at Bucknell University. She graduated with a degree in\u00c2\u00a0Chemistry in 1969 and then went to the University of Connecticut. There she co-founded the\u00c2\u00a0Women\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Radio Collective at WHUS-FM, the university radio station and she worked there in various\u00c2\u00a0capacities, including station manager until 1981. She graduated from UConn with a degree in\u00c2\u00a0Pharmacy in 1977. In 1981 she moved to Warren, Massachusetts where she became a\u00c2\u00a0spokesperson for STOP IT, an environmental organization that opposed a proposal to build the\u00c2\u00a0largest hazardous waste incineration facility in North America in the town of Warren. Her\u00c2\u00a0background in chemistry and pharmacy helped her to understand both the chemical and the health\u00c2\u00a0implications of such a facility. She worked closely with Lois Gibbs, best known for her work in Love\u00c2\u00a0Canal, during this period. As a result of this work, she was elected to the Board of Health and served\u00c2\u00a0for three years in that capacity. In 1985 she moved to Hagerstown, MD where she became involved\u00c2\u00a0in Washington County NOW. She is President of the chapter. She also started a NOW Club at\u00c2\u00a0Hagerstown Community College. In 1988 she became a member of the Board of Directors of\u00c2\u00a0Women at the Table, an organization dedicated to helping women run for elected and appointed\u00c2\u00a0office in Washington County. For the past 5 years she has served as a member of the Friends of the\u00c2\u00a0Doleman Black Heritage Museum, working to raise funds to build a black heritage museum in\u00c2\u00a0downtown Hagerstown, MD. In 2012 Linda started lobbying with United for Equality, LLC (U4E), a\u00c2\u00a0social enterprise with the sole purpose of ratifying the ERA to the Constitution by 2015. On March\u00c2\u00a022, 2012, to mark the 40th anniversary of when ERA was ratified by Congress and sent out to the\u00c2\u00a0states, Senator Ben Cardin of MD introduced the Senate Joint Resolution S.J. Res. 39.\u00c2\u00a0 It was a\u00c2\u00a0historical victory as the Senate had never before recognized an alternative to the ERA starting all\u00c2\u00a0over again. In May 2013 Linda became the Maryland coordinator of U4E and has been working on\u00c2\u00a0removing the deadline for ratification of the ERA ever since. In 2015 Linda joined the PDA 3-state\u00c2\u00a0strategy group and is now involved in ERA Action, the only organization in the ERA Coalition\u00c2\u00a0dedicated to the 3-state strategy for passing the ERA.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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<\/a>Linda Smith started her life of activism in the 1960s when she became involved with the Anti-War\u00c2\u00a0Movement while she was in college at Bucknell University. She graduated with a degree in\u00c2\u00a0Chemistry in 1969 and then went to the University of Connecticut. There she co-founded the\u00c2\u00a0Women\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Radio Collective at WHUS-FM, the university radio station and she worked there in various\u00c2\u00a0capacities, including station manager until 1981. She graduated from UConn with a degree in\u00c2\u00a0Pharmacy in 1977. In 1981 she moved to Warren, Massachusetts where she became a\u00c2\u00a0spokesperson for STOP IT, an environmental organization that opposed a proposal to build the\u00c2\u00a0largest hazardous waste incineration facility in North America in the town of Warren. Her\u00c2\u00a0background in chemistry and pharmacy helped her to understand both the chemical and the health\u00c2\u00a0implications of such a facility. She worked closely with Lois Gibbs, best known for her work in Love\u00c2\u00a0Canal, during this period. As a result of this work, she was elected to the Board of Health and served\u00c2\u00a0for three years in that capacity. In 1985 she moved to Hagerstown, MD where she became involved\u00c2\u00a0in Washington County NOW. She is President of the chapter. She also started a NOW Club at\u00c2\u00a0Hagerstown Community College. In 1988 she became a member of the Board of Directors of\u00c2\u00a0Women at the Table, an organization dedicated to helping women run for elected and appointed\u00c2\u00a0office in Washington County. For the past 5 years she has served as a member of the Friends of the\u00c2\u00a0Doleman Black Heritage Museum, working to raise funds to build a black heritage museum in\u00c2\u00a0downtown Hagerstown, MD. In 2012 Linda started lobbying with United for Equality, LLC (U4E), a\u00c2\u00a0social enterprise with the sole purpose of ratifying the ERA to the Constitution by 2015. On March\u00c2\u00a022, 2012, to mark the 40th anniversary of when ERA was ratified by Congress and sent out to the\u00c2\u00a0states, Senator Ben Cardin of MD introduced the Senate Joint Resolution S.J. Res. 39.\u00c2\u00a0 It was a\u00c2\u00a0historical victory as the Senate had never before recognized an alternative to the ERA starting all\u00c2\u00a0over again. In May 2013 Linda became the Maryland coordinator of U4E and has been working on\u00c2\u00a0removing the deadline for ratification of the ERA ever since. In 2015 Linda joined the PDA 3-state\u00c2\u00a0strategy group and is now involved in ERA Action, the only organization in the ERA Coalition\u00c2\u00a0dedicated to the 3-state strategy for passing the ERA.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Linda Smith started her life of activism in the 1960s when she became involved with the Anti-War\u00c2\u00a0Movement while she was in college at Bucknell University. She graduated with a degree in\u00c2\u00a0Chemistry in 1969 and then went to the University of Connecticut. There she co-founded the\u00c2\u00a0Women\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Radio Collective at WHUS-FM, the university radio station and…
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