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The equal rights amendment, in sum, would dedicate the nation to a new view of the rights and responsibilities of men and women. ... In 1983, the ERA passed through ...
March 22, 1972 - amendment passed in Congress; 1977 - amendment approved by 35 of 50 states; 1978 - not ratified, (3 states short) 1982 - deadline for ratification. 15 states did not approve. 1994 - 12 states did not approve ratification; 1995–2016, ERA bills were passed however not all of the bills passed both Senate and House
Ratification period ended August 22, 1985; amendment failed. ^ Between 1972 and 1977, 35 states ratified the ERA. Three additional states ratified it between 2017 and 2020, purportedly bringing the number of ratifications to 38, or three-fourths of the states.
In the United States, states have passed state equal rights amendments (ERAs) to their constitutions that provide various degrees of legal protection against discrimination based on sex. With some mirroring the broad language and guarantees of the proposed Federal Equal Rights Amendment , others more closely resemble the Equal Protection Clause ...
The Prohibition era was the period from 1920 to 1933 when the United States prohibited the production, importation, transportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages. [1] The alcohol industry was curtailed by a succession of state legislatures, and Prohibition was formally introduced nationwide under the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, ratified on January 16, 1919.
"The Senate could’ve passed HR-2, the Secure the Border Act … the House had already passed it, and it was collecting dust on the Senate’s desk," Ries said.
Joey Molland, guitarist for the group Badfinger, who had continued leading a touring edition of the group decades after other key members had passed on, died Saturday night at age 77. Badfinger ...
The act was passed by the 42nd United States Congress and signed into law by United States President Ulysses S. Grant on April 20, 1871. The act was the last of three Enforcement Acts passed by the United States Congress from 1870 to 1871 during the Reconstruction Era to combat attacks upon the suffrage rights of African Americans. The statute ...