| Award Name | Mort Weisinger Award for Magazine Writing |
| Category | Does not apply |
| Rank | Winner |
| Given By | ASJA |
| Medium | Article |
| Year Presented | 1979 |
| Recipient | Betty Friedan |
| Title | The ERA: Will It Play in Peoria? |
| Publisher | New York Times Magazine |
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| Comments | from Co-Pilot: Yes � Betty Friedan's article titled "The ERA: Will It Play in Peoria?" was published in The New York Times Magazine on May 14, 1978. It explored the cultural and political reception of the Equal Rights Amendment in middle America, using Peoria as a symbolic test case for mainstream acceptance. According to ASJA newsletter 1979-10 award was received at 8th Annual ASJA Nonfiction Writers' Conference May 5, 1979. |
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