account of sex." (22) The
Equal Rights Amendment passed with more
(36) An overwhelming majority of these state amendments were adopted in the 1970s, coinciding with the attempted adoption of a federal
equal rights amendment and a general push for stronger constitutional protection for the equal rights of women.
The issue should be deferred, Justice Powell wrote, because the "
Equal Rights Amendment, which if adopted will resolve the substance of this precise question, has been approved by the Congress and submitted for ratification by the States.
Moreover, several of the essays highlight the ongoing controversies contemporary Americans confront on such issues as the efficacy of the direct democracy and the desirability of the
Equal Rights Amendment. At the beginning of the twenty-first century, Americans are once again wrestling with questions of the viability of industrial capitalism and the role of government in American life.
How can kids whose moms burned their bras at
Equal Rights Amendment marches grow up to embrace "wifely submission"?
When the proposed
Equal Rights Amendment to the U.S.
Partly this is just the rightwing translation of the word "feminist." Some of you may recall Pat Robertson's attack on feminism during the controversy over the
Equal Rights Amendment in the '80s.
General factors included the Women's Liberation Movement of the 1960s and 1970s, the adoption of the Civil Rights Act in 1964, discussions of the
Equal Rights Amendment in the early 1970s, the American Bicentennial of 1976 (which was saturated with freedom themes), and President Jimmy Carter's human rights initiatives.
Capitalizing on the national theme, "Women Change America," events sponsored by FAWL and other women's organizations include a
Equal Rights Amendment panel with women legislators on March 13 at 5:30 p.m., at the Tallahassee Holiday Inn Select; a legislative CLE at the Tallahassee Doubletree Hotel on March 14, from 8:30 a.m.
Imagine if all supported the passage and ratification of the
Equal Rights Amendment, and vigorous enforcement of existing civil rights laws.
Twenty-two years after the fact, she speaks of the summer of 1982 when she joined six women in a fast to support the
Equal Rights Amendment. Traveling to Illinois to gather support for ratification of the ERA, her firsthand experiences with the U.S.
We can still adopt an
Equal Rights Amendment to the U.S.