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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 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.
In California, women won the right to serve on juries four years after passage of the Nineteenth Amendment. In Colorado, it took 33 years. Women continue to face obstacles when running for elective offices, and the Equal Rights Amendment, which would grant women equal rights under the law, has yet to be passed. [123] [124] [125] [126]
The Equal Rights Amendment, first proposed in 1923, reads that, “Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex.”
The would-be Constitutional amendment has faced an uphill battle right from the start—and the fight still continues today. Why the Equal Rights Amendment Still Hasn't Been Adopted, Nearly a ...
The only amendment to be ratified through this method thus far is the Twenty-first Amendment in 1933. That amendment is also the only one that explicitly repeals an earlier one, the Eighteenth Amendment (ratified in 1919), establishing the prohibition of alcohol. [4] Congress has also enacted statutes governing the constitutional amendment process.
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 ...