centennial of ERA--Alice Paul proposes ERA in 1913-- STILL WAITING

[niyad]

The Equal Rights Amendment

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.

Section 2. The Congress shall have the power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article.

Section 3. This amendment shall take effect two years after the date of ratification.
FLASH! ERA bills to be reintroduced in Congress on March 6

Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) and Representative Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) will reintroduce the traditional ERA ratification bills in the 113th Congress on Wednesday, March 6. A press conference, open to the public, will be held at 1:30 p.m. that day on the House side of the Congressional Visitors Center at the US Capitol.
ERA White House petition now over 27,600 and counting!


The Equal Rights Amendment was first proposed in 1923 by Alice Paul and the National Woman's Party. It was passed by Congress in 1972 and sent to the states for ratification, which is achieved when a proposed amendment is accepted by three-quarters (38) of the states. By the Congressionally imposed deadline of June 30, 1982, only 35 states had voted yes.

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http://www.equalrightsamendment.org/

[niyad]

1. . . .

[Helen Reddy]

2. How many young women

realize this has yet to be passed?

Grim indeed.