Roberta Francis

Roberta Francis, a gender equity consultant and writer, is Co-Chair of the ERA Task Force of the National Council of Women’s Organizations. She also manages the website www.equalrightsamendment.org, which she developed in 1999.

Bobbie, who was Director of the New Jersey Division on Women from 1990-1994, has worked for 35 years on a broad spectrum of issues for women’s advancement, from education and pay equity to reproductive rights and violence against women.

In 1998 she was project director and script consultant for the educational film “The Equal Rights Amendment: Unfinished Business for the Constitution.” Her short play “The ERA That’s Yet to Come” was published in 2002 in 33 Things Every Girl Should Know About Women’s History.