John J. Dunnigan
John J. Dunnigan (September 6, 1883 – December 1965) was an American architect, builder and politician from New York. He was President pro tempore of the New York State Senate from 1933 to 1938.
Life
He was a
In 1919 he introduced a state equal rights amendment for women, who had won the vote in New York two years before. The bill would have amended the state labor law as follows:
“Hereafter in this State every avenue of employment shall be open to women, and any business, vocation, profession and calling followed and pursued by men may be followed and pursued by women, and no person shall be disqualified from engaging in any business, vocation, profession, calling or employment on account of sex. Women doing equal work with men in any occupation, trade or industry in this State shall receive the same compensation therefor as men doing work of the same character. The provisions of this section shall supersede any provision of this chapter or other statute inconsistent herewith.”[1]
The bill did not pass. In 1921, he contested the election of Republican George H. Taylor to the State Senate, and was seated on February 15 in the
He co-authored the
His son James J. Dunnigan (1912–1983) was President of the Buffalo Raceway in
References
- ^ "Sees Many Jobless Women as Result of New Labor Laws". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. May 11, 1919.