PRESS RELEASE: FlagandBanner.com Introduces New Products to Celebrate Women's Rights

Women's Rights Day 2013 will be on August 26th marking 93 years of women having the right to vote in America. Despite this win for women, the United States of America does not have an Equal Rights Amendment for women. The original Equal Rights Amendment written by Alice Paul was sent to Congress in 1923, 90 years ago this year but the ERA has not become a part of America's Constitution.

The media focused on ERA YES buttons and placards and the “Bra Burning” protests in the 1960's and early 1970's but there are still women today working to get the Equal Rights Amendment passed again and Ratified. The original Ratification expired but was only short 3 states to gain approval.

A recent discussion about the ERA disturbed Kerry McCoy, a female entrepreneur and president of FlagandBanner.com. McCoy identifies with the women who have fought for equal rights in America. In honor of those women, her company, FlagandBanner.com has designed a new line of women's rights products, 4 new flags based on historical designs such as the ERA YES flag, Suffragettes flag, feminist and feminine anarchy and has added educational information graphics to their website for anyone to use.

Kerry McCoy, president of Arkansas' FlagandBanner.com started her business in 1975 during the time the ERA was being put to states for Ratification. Kerry reflects, “I was just the right age, at the right time, to see all the changes happening for women in our national news. As I was graduating from high school my mother, speaking from her generations perspective, asked me, what did I want to be: a secretary, nurse, or school teacher? I was in shock! Limitations had never occurred to me and I didn't want to be any of those things. Thank goodness for the women like Barbara Walters, Gloria Stein, and Hillary Clinton who opened the doors for us to walk through.”

Kerry continues, “When I started Arkansas Flag and Banner there were sales quotas mandated by the Federal Government requiring the “Good Ole Boys” archetype to do business with women. AFB and many other women entrepreneurs benefited greatly from this program. It was much like breaking through the Glass Ceiling of today.”

McCoy founded her business in 1975 with $400 and has turned it into a multi-million dollar company with 25 employees and 2 offices in Arkansas and an international presence on the Internet since 1995.

To learn more about the Equal Rights Amendment visit FlagandBanner.com's Women's History page, the National Organization of Women or the Equal Rights Amendment official website.

FlagandBanner.com is a woman owned business, based in Little Rock, Ark., and has been in business since 1975. They have been selling flags, flagpoles, banners, pennants and home and garden décor online nationally since 1995.