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.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Equal Rights Amendment | 0 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | proposed amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ |
| abbreviation | ERA NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| aimsToProhibit | sex-based discrimination ⓘ |
| congressionalJointResolutionNumber | H.J.Res. 208 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| 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 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstIntroducedInChamber | United States Congress NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasKeyConcept |
equal protection of the laws
ⓘ
gender equality ⓘ sex equality ⓘ women's rights ⓘ |
| hasOppositionWithinParty |
Democratic Party
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Republican Party NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSection |
Section 1
ⓘ
Section 2 ⓘ Section 3 ⓘ |
| hasSupportFromPoliticalParty |
Democratic Party (various periods)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Republican Party (various periods) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy | women's suffrage movement ⓘ |
| initialRatificationDeadline | 1979 ⓘ |
| introducedInCongress | 1923 ⓘ |
| isSubjectOf | ongoing political debate in the United States ⓘ |
| languageTargets |
United States federal government
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
state governments ⓘ |
| laterRatificationPeriod | 2017–2020 ⓘ |
| laterRatifiedByState |
Illinois
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nevada NERFINISHED ⓘ Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| 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 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| 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 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stateRatificationsBy1982 | 35 ⓘ |
| supportedByMovement | American feminist movement ⓘ |
| supportedByOrganization |
National Organization for Women
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
National Woman's Party NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| 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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