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
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National Woman's Party focus Equal Rights Amendment
National Woman's Party supportedLegislation Equal Rights Amendment
this entity surface form: Equal Rights Amendment to the United States Constitution
Equal Rights (journal) advocatedFor Equal Rights Amendment
Equal Rights (journal) associatedWithMovement Equal Rights Amendment
this entity surface form: Equal Rights Amendment campaign
NWP laterGoal Equal Rights Amendment
subject surface form: National Woman's Party
NWP proposedByMember Equal Rights Amendment
subject surface form: National Woman's Party
Anita Pollitzer movement Equal Rights Amendment
this entity surface form: Equal Rights Amendment movement
Anita Pollitzer advocatedFor Equal Rights Amendment
Elizabeth advocatedFor Equal Rights Amendment
subject surface form: Elizabeth Ford
Betty advocatedFor Equal Rights Amendment
subject surface form: Betty Ford