Equal Rights Amendment

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The Equal Rights Amendment is a proposed amendment to the U.S. Constitution designed to guarantee equal legal rights regardless of sex, particularly aiming to eliminate legal distinctions between men and women in areas such as divorce, property, employment, and other matters.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf constitutional equality measure ⓘ
proposed amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
addressesIssue gender equality under the law ⓘ
sex discrimination ⓘ
aimsToEliminate legal distinctions between men and women ⓘ
appliesToArea civil rights protections ⓘ
contract law ⓘ
divorce law ⓘ
employment law ⓘ
family law ⓘ
inheritance law ⓘ
property law ⓘ
congressionalApprovalYear 1972 ⓘ
constitutionalLocationIfAdopted would be the 28th Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
debateFocus federalism and state authority ⓘ
impact on existing gender-based laws ⓘ
interpretation of sex and gender in law ⓘ
extendedRatificationDeadline 1982 ⓘ
firstIntroducedBy Alice Paul ⓘ
firstIntroducedInChamber United States Congress ⓘ
influenced state-level equal rights amendments ⓘ
influencedBy Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
introducedInCongress 1923 ⓘ
legalBasis Article V of the United States Constitution ⓘ
legalControversy effect of state rescissions of ratification ⓘ
validity of late state ratifications ⓘ
numberOfStatesRatifiedBy1982 35 ⓘ
opposedByGroup some conservative organizations ⓘ
opposedByIndividual Phyllis Schlafly ⓘ
originalRatificationDeadline 1979 ⓘ
passedBy United States House of Representatives ⓘ
United States Senate ⓘ
primaryPurpose guarantee equal legal rights regardless of sex ⓘ
requiredNumberOfStatesForRatification 38 ⓘ
section1Text Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex. ⓘ
section2Text The Congress shall have the power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article. ⓘ
section3Text This amendment shall take effect two years after the date of ratification. ⓘ
shortName ERA ⓘ
status not yet part of the United States Constitution ⓘ
supportedByMovement feminist movement in the United States ⓘ
women's rights movement ⓘ
supportedByOrganization League of Women Voters ⓘ
National Organization for Women ⓘ
textSection Section 1 ⓘ
Section 2 ⓘ
Section 3 ⓘ

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National Woman's Party → focus → Equal Rights Amendment ⓘ
National Woman's Party → supportedLegislation → Equal Rights Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
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Equal Rights (journal) → advocatedFor → Equal Rights Amendment ⓘ
Equal Rights (journal) → associatedWithMovement → Equal Rights Amendment campaign ⓘ
linked to: Equal Rights Amendment
National Woman's Party → laterGoal → Equal Rights Amendment ⓘ
subject linked to: NWP
National Woman's Party → proposedByMember → Equal Rights Amendment ⓘ
subject linked to: NWP
Anita Pollitzer → movement → Equal Rights Amendment movement ⓘ
linked to: Equal Rights Amendment
Anita Pollitzer → advocatedFor → Equal Rights Amendment ⓘ
Elizabeth Ford → advocatedFor → Equal Rights Amendment ⓘ
subject linked to: Elizabeth
Betty Ford → advocatedFor → Equal Rights Amendment ⓘ
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Doris Stevens → advocatedFor → Equal Rights Amendment ⓘ
Dorothy Kenyon → supported → Equal Rights Amendment ⓘ
Mrs. America → mainSubject → Equal Rights Amendment ⓘ
John B. Anderson → advocatedPolicy → Equal Rights Amendment ⓘ
ERA → standsFor → Equal Rights Amendment ⓘ
National Organization for Women → supports → Equal Rights Amendment ⓘ
National Woman's Party at the Belmont-Paul Women's Equality National Monument → hasExhibitionTheme → Equal Rights Amendment campaign ⓘ
linked to: Equal Rights Amendment