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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 ...
Several states, including New York, have adopted statewide versions of the Equal Rights Amendment, even though the federal ERA stalled in the 1970s. The state’s equal protection clause initially ...
The amendment, also known as the Equal Rights Amendment, [7] expands the Constitution of New York's Equal Protection Clause, which is limited to protecting people from denial of rights on the basis of "race, color, creed, or religion". [8] [9] The full text of the proposal is: [10] Adds anti-discrimination provisions to State Constitution.
Sonia Ann Johnson, (née Harris; born February 27, 1936) [1] is an American feminist activist and writer. She was an outspoken supporter of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) and in the late 1970s was publicly critical of the position of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), of which she was a member, against the proposed amendment.
What will the Equal Rights Amendment do? On Nov. 5, Proposition One will ask voters if they want to add anti-discrimination provisions to the New York State Constitution — in other words, if ...
The Equal Rights Amendment states, “Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex.” It has met every hurdle to become ...
The Equal Rights Amendment, which would outlaw discrimination based on sex, is on the brink of being ratified by enough states to be added to the Constitution. Is it still needed today, several ...
The United States is the only industrialized democracy that does not ensure rights for women in its federal constitution. [1] Although the required 38 states have passed the amendment as of 2020, the U.S. archivist has not ratified the amendment due to a congressionally-set ratification deadline of March 22, 1979, which some state approvals surpassed. [4]