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Section 1. Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex. ... These simple words comprise the entire text of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), affirming the equal application of the U.S. ... The ERA was written in 1923 by Alice Paul,
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1923-1970 ... May: NOW files a $10 million lawsuit against the Attorney General of Missouri charging that he intentionally injured NOW, the Equal Rights Amendment campaign and the women's rights movement by suing NOW for its convention boycott of states which have not ratified ERA.
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The Equal Rights Amendment was written in 1921 by suffragist Alice Paul. It has been introduced in Congress every session since 1923. It passed Congress in the above form in 1972, but was not ratified by the necessary thirty-eight states by the July 1982 deadline.
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Equal Rights Amendment - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Equal Rights Amendment ( ERA ) was a proposed amendment to the United States Constitution which was intended to guarantee that equal rights under any federal, state, or local law could not be ...
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The Equal Rights Amendment was first introduced in 1923 by Alice Paul, ... Maryland passed a state Equal Rights Amendment in 1972. ... Congressional debate on the Equal Rights Amendment points clearly to an understanding of this effect on the Amendment."14 She goes on to state that not only should women be included in the draft,
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3 The Equal Rights Amendment has not been ratified yet, even though 96% of Americans believe in equal rights for men and women. In fact, the idea of equal rights is so much a part of our country's ideals that 72% of Americans think that the Amendment already has been passed!
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Federal and state lawmakers have launched a new drive to pass the Equal Rights Amendment, reviving a feminist goal that faltered a quarter-century ago when the measure did not gain the approval of three-quarters of the state legislatures. ... The ERA, originally introduced in Congress in 1923, gained popularity in the...
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The Equal Rights Amendment, a proposed amendment to the United States Constitution, was born in the era of the women's suffrage amendment and first introduced into Congress in 1923. ... The House passed ERA on October 12, ... ERA would put "gay rights" into the U.S. Constitution, because the word in the Amendment is "sex" not women.
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Resources for understanding the history of the Equal Rights Amendment in America, from its introduction in 1923 through today. ... She introduced the Equal Rights Amendment in 1923, and by the time it was passed in Congress in 1970, it was often called the Alice Paul Amendment ... Chronology of the Equal Rights Amendment, 1923-1996...
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