ERA

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ERA is the commonly used abbreviation for the Equal Rights Amendment, a proposed amendment to the U.S. Constitution intended to guarantee equal legal rights regardless of sex.

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ERA canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf proposed amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
abbreviation ERA ⓘ
aimsToProhibit sex-based discrimination ⓘ
congressionalJointResolutionNumber H.J.Res. 208 ⓘ
constitutionalProcess Article V amendment process ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
debatedIssue impact on protective labor legislation ⓘ
relationship to existing equal protection jurisprudence ⓘ
firstIntroducedBy Alice Paul ⓘ
firstIntroducedInChamber United States Congress ⓘ
hasKeyConcept equal protection of the laws ⓘ
gender equality ⓘ
sex equality ⓘ
women's rights ⓘ
hasOppositionWithinParty Democratic Party ⓘ
Republican Party ⓘ
hasSection Section 1 ⓘ
Section 2 ⓘ
Section 3 ⓘ
hasSupportFromPoliticalParty Democratic Party (various periods) ⓘ
linked to: Democratic Party

Republican Party (various periods) ⓘ
linked to: Republican Party
influencedBy women's suffrage movement ⓘ
initialRatificationDeadline 1979 ⓘ
introducedInCongress 1923 ⓘ
isSubjectOf ongoing political debate in the United States ⓘ
languageTargets United States federal government ⓘ
state governments ⓘ
laterRatificationPeriod 2017–2020 ⓘ
laterRatifiedByState Illinois ⓘ
Nevada ⓘ
Virginia ⓘ
legalControversy effect of states’ rescissions of ratification ⓘ
validity of ratifications after the congressional deadline ⓘ
opposedByGroup some conservative groups ⓘ
some labor organizations ⓘ
passedByCongress 1972 ⓘ
proposedAfter Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
purpose to guarantee equal legal rights regardless of sex ⓘ
ratificationDeadlineExtendedTo 1982 ⓘ
ratificationStatusAsOf1982 not fully ratified ⓘ
relatedTo civil rights in the United States ⓘ
feminism in the United States ⓘ
requiredStateRatifications 38 ⓘ
sectionCount 3 ⓘ
standsFor Equal Rights Amendment ⓘ
stateRatificationsBy1982 35 ⓘ
supportedByMovement American feminist movement ⓘ
supportedByOrganization National Organization for Women ⓘ
National Woman's Party ⓘ
textBeginsWith Section 1. Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex. ⓘ

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Equal Rights Amendment → abbreviation → ERA ⓘ
subject linked to: ERA