Equal Rights Amendment (proposed)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Equal_Rights_Amendment_(proposed)
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gptkbp:instanceOf proposed constitutional amendment
gptkbp:abbreviation gptkb:ERA
gptkbp:category gptkb:Proposed_amendments_to_the_United_States_Constitution
gptkb:constitutional_law
gptkb:Women's_rights_in_the_United_States
gptkbp:deadlineForRatification originally 1979, extended to 1982
gptkbp:debatedBy state legislatures
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Equal_Rights_Amendment
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Equal Rights Amendment (proposed)
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:suffragist
gptkbp:introduced gptkb:Alice_Paul
gptkbp:introducedIn 1923
gptkbp:notSignedBy enough states to be adopted
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:Phyllis_Schlafly
gptkbp:passedBy gptkb:United_States_Congress
gptkbp:passedYear 1972
gptkbp:proposedBy gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:purpose guarantee equal legal rights for all American citizens regardless of sex
gptkbp:ratifiedBy 35 states (by 1977)
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Nineteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
gptkbp:requiredRatificationBy 38 states
gptkbp:section This amendment shall take effect two years after the date of ratification.
The Congress shall have the power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article.
gptkbp:status not adopted
gptkbp:subjectOf legal and political debate
gptkbp:supportedBy gptkb:League_of_Women_Voters
gptkb:American_Civil_Liberties_Union
gptkb:National_Organization_for_Women
gptkbp:text Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:History_of_the_United_States_(1964–1980)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7