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Consists of the personal papers of J. Edward Decker and the records of Ex-Mormons for Jesus (name later changed to Saints Alive in Jesus). Includes the subject files, correspondence, office files, and financial records of Saints Alive in Jesus and video and audio cassette tapes used in the ministry.

Abstract The collection pertains to the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), its legislation, ratification process, and the many other complex issues involving the pro-ERA movement and anti-ERA groups. The collection deals, for the most part, with Alice Allred Pottmyer's, Hazel Davis Rigby's, and Maida Rust Withers's involvement in the organization Mormons for ERA, the organization itself, and the involvement of Mormons for ERA in the national debate over ERA. A substantial amount of material relates to The...