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Gill, Charles D. – School Administrator, 1997
Suggests three monumental social changes in U.S. history have moved us closer to a viable democracy: the Bill of Rights, the abolition of slavery, and woman's suffrage. Notes children face many types of poverty; a children's rights amendment would focus child advocacy efforts. Discusses the precedent of the Equal Rights Amendment, which failed by…
Descriptors: Child Advocacy, Childrens Rights, Civil Liberties, Elementary Secondary Education