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Notable Women Who Died in 2005

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September 2005 Obituaries

September 15 - Janet Mentgen

September 21 - Molly Yard

Molly Yard was a key organizer of the 1970s and 1980s campaign to pass the Equal Rights Amendment to the United States Constitution, and she was president of the National Organization for Women 1987-1992. She was also key in the fights to support Title IX and its provisions to prohibit sex discrimination in education programs funded by the federal government.

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