Image. Proponents say the ... Congress passed the Equal Rights Amendment in 1972, and subsequently enacted a law extending that deadline to 10 years. But by 1982, only 35 states had ratified.

Image Credits:Paras Griffin / Stringer / Getty Images. ... The American Alliance for Equal Rights alleges that Fearless Fund is violating Section 1981 of the 1866 Civil Rights Act, ...

POWHATAN – Two young Powhatan girls have been making their own mark on the movement in Virginia to help bring women one step closer to equal constitutional rights. An image of 10-year-old Eastan ...

With Virginia ratification, where does the Equal Rights Amendment go from here? U.S. women won the right to vote a century ago; the fight to instill in the Constitution equal rights regardless of ...

U.S. President Joe Biden called the Equal Rights Amendment "the law of the land," on Friday, backing an effort to enshrine the change into the U.S. Constitution even though it long ago failed to ...

The U.S. Senate on Thursday fell short of the votes needed to enshrine equal rights for women in the Constitution, a century after a guarantee of gender equality was proposed in Congress.

The Equal Rights Amendment, which would ban discrimination based on gender, was sent to the states for ratification in 1972. Virginia became the 38th state to ratify it in 2000, ...

FILE - Supporters of a proposed Minnesota Equal Rights Amendment, known as the ERA, held signs support outside the Minnesota House in the State Capitol building in St. Paul, Minnesota, May 17, 2024.

The archivist and deputy archivist of the United States have issued a rare joint statement to say that the 1970s-era Equal Rights Amendment cannot be certified without further action by Congress ...

The language of the “Equal Rights Amendment” would empower the legislature and governor to sign laws that would force me to help my son change genders — or else.

With reproductive rights under assault, women need a constitutional guarantee of their full rights as Americans. Now's a good time to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment - Los Angeles Times ...

People are equal in the sense that everyone has equal worth and value as someone created in God’s image. Every adult — notice how this right is abridged based on age — gets one vote. People ...