Timeline: Key dates in the century-long battle over the Equal Rights Amendment The struggle over the Equal Rights Amendment started more than a century ago when leading suffragist Alice Paul first proposed it shortly after the ratification of the 19th Amendment, which granted women the right to vote.
Paul's original amendment text stated: “Men and women shall have equal rights throughout the United States and every place subject to its jurisdiction.
It states: “Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex."
Here are some key dates in the history of the effort to enact the Equal Rights Amendment:.
The ERA, if formally recognized as the 28th Amendment, would make gender equality explicit under the Constitution.
