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The resolution, "Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to equal rights for men and women", reads, in part: [1] Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled (two-thirds of each House concurring therein), That the following article is proposed as an amendment to the Constitution of the United States ...
1920 – The Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution is ratified, ensuring the right of women to vote. 1923 – The first version of an Equal Rights Amendment is introduced. It says, "Men and ...
The amendment proposed equal rights for women, and was first introduced to Congress in 1923, finally gaining Congressional approval in 1972. [5] Once Congress had approved the amendment, ratification by the states was requested and the typical 7-year time limit for ratification by two-thirds of the states was set in motion. [6]
The Homemakers' Equal Rights Association was formed to counter Schlafly's campaign. [34] In 1972, when Schlafly began her campaign against the Equal Rights Amendment, the ERA had already been ratified by 28 of the required 38 states. [35]
Democrats have made reviving the Equal Rights Amendment a priority but congressional action to change ratification deadline faces legal hurdles.
“President Biden has been clear that he wants to see the Equal Rights Amendment definitively enshrined in the Constitution,” White House spokesperson Kelly Scully said in a statement shared ...
The National Woman's Party (NWP) was an American women's political organization formed in 1916 to fight for women's suffrage.After achieving this goal with the 1920 adoption of the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, the NWP advocated for other issues including the Equal Rights Amendment.
Congress sent the amendment, which guarantees men and women equal rights under the law, to the states in 1972. It gave states seven years to ratify it, later extending the deadline to 1982.