Women had won the right to vote and their fight for suffrage was over, but not for Alice Paul. She wanted to keep fighting and so she introduced the Equal Rights Amendment. She thought women needed to be validated as human individuals, not just wives and mothers (RP 504). However, Paul was on such a high from the suffrage movement ending, she ended up introducing the Equal Rights Amendment too early. Her first mistake was wording it in a too positive manner, so such had to switch up the language.…
The proposed Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) would have given equal rights to women had it been passed. Although the Amendment was passed by both houses of Congress, it was then struck down by state legislatures when only 35 of the required 38 states agreed to ratify it. For three years the Mormon Church had stayed out of the politics involving the ERA while under the leadership of Harold B. Lee, however beginning in 1973, Spencer W. Kimball, the new President of the Mormon Church began his campaign against the ERA. During the 1970’s the Mormon Church almost single handedly defeated the ERA.…
The Constitution did not allow women the right to vote, own property, earn equal wages, or custody of their children. The sixties were a prime example of the unequal treatment of women. A woman was quoted stating, “The female doesn't really expect a lot from life. She's here as someone's keeper — her husband's or her children's" (Coontz). Women’s lives were not deemed equally important as men’s lives. Women have been fighting for equal rights for over 200 years. In 1972, the Equal Right Amendment for women was proposed by Congress and sent to the states for ratification on March 22. The ERA granted equality of rights for all genders, and permitted that rights cannot be limited to the account of sex, or Congress can enforce legal action onto the violating party. However, when the ratification deadline passed on June 30, 1982, only thirty-five out of the thirty-eight states ratified the amendment (Francis). Therefore, the ERA was never…
In 1923, the Equal Rights amendment was first presented to Congress. This amendment declared that women should have the same rights as men, and women wanted to be treated equally. Once again, the new laws and the mindset of freedom changed the fashions of the day. The “new woman” was made of the flapper style. Women were leaving the old fashions behind and creating something different.…
In my own opinion, the Equal Rights Amendment was founded and supported by influential suffragists whose efforts should not die in vain. I believe that we, as a nation, should ratify this amendment. The oppositions are founded upon old ideologies that no longer fit into today's society. These oppositions are outdated and, many of which, have already occurred without even passing the amendment (not that I believe that is a bad thing at all). These oppositions are the result of outdated mindsets, fear mongering, and ignorance from lack of willingness to educate onself. In this day and age, I am honestly appalled that our nation does not have an Equal Rights Amendment. If we are to be the home of the free and the brave, we ought to educate one…
Jim is right to argue that the statute raise equal protection issues rather than a due process, for this reason, the statute only requires motorcyclist to wear helmets than other motor operators. “Equal protection mean that the government cannot enact law that is similar situated individuals differently. When a law or action limits the liberty of some persons but not others, it may violate the equal right protection clause.” In this scenario Jim argues against sue of the state, because he feels the government treating motorcyclist differently from the other motorist that operates motor vehicles. I don’t agree with his argument, I feel it’s the statute is not violating his equal protection clause, for that reason, I feel that it’s only protecting…
For quite a long time, women have wanted to receive the same treatment as men. When African American men were able to vote, women wanted to be able to vote as well. When World War II was in progress, women would work in the factories while their husbands, brothers and fathers were fighting in the war. Women were tired of being treated differently and not having the same rights as men, so they wanted to conceive an amendment that would force people to treat them as equally as men and anyone else. This amendment was called the Equal Rights Amendment. On March 22, 1972, the equal rights amendment, E.R.A., was passed by the United States Senate and was sent to the states for ratification. Thirty states ratified the amendment but then a revolutionary turn took place and states were backing out of their ratification left and right. The Equal Rights Amendment was defeated for several reasons. Women’s rights for divorce and alimony and such things would be taken away, as well as co-ed activities and schools. One of the largest reasons that the E.R.A. was defeated was because of its benevolent mindset to allow a significant amount of power to the Federal Courts upon the decision of what is considered an equal right.…
The United States is seen as the face of freedom and people migrate from all over the world to get the same rights as U.S. citizens. Under the constitution, the Equal Rights Amendment does not guarantee women the same rights as men. Thanks to Susan B. Anthony, on August 26, 1920, the only right the Constitution specifically states to be equal for women and men, is the right to vote under the nineteenth amendment. The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), was written by Alice Paul and passed by Congress on March 22, 1972. The amendment was sent to the states for ratification as an introduction to banning discrimination based on gender.…
Dating back to the 1970s many people, not just women, were on the rise to seek equality among the sexes. Title IX, passed in 1972 by congress during the Nixon administration, was a direct result of the developing social changes and the growing importance of athletics and education in American culture. Before the amendment was passed, schools had the ability to indirectly restrict women from receiving a higher education and participating in collegiate sports by raising the average grade standard to be admitted and only giving out two percent of their scholarship money on average to female athletes. Title IX, or known as the Equal Rights Amendment, would help to transition and change the roles of women in society. Shirley Chisholm spoke on behalf of the Equal Rights Amendment, “The Equal Rights Amendment would govern only the relationship between the State and its citizens – not relationships between private citizens”.…
The original seven-year time limit was extended by Congress to June 30, 1982, but at that deadline, the Equal Rights Amendment had been ratified by only 35 states, three states short of the 38 required to put it into the Constitution. The Equal Rights Amendment has been introduced…
“You can cure yourself, in a day, a minute, a second, with three words, with six. I’m-not-sick—three words. Three words more: I-love-myself.” (Stonewall,79) This was said by Leo Skit, a poet and activist while giving advice to his closeted friend in 1970. The late 1960s and 1970s were huge for the LGBTQ movement. Everything from parades to protests happened. This has helped shape and form the rainbow community that we know today. The LGBTQ+ movement continuously fights for basic human rights in the face of discrimination.…
What effects would an Equal Rights Amendment have on society? Who would benefit from an…
The equal protection clause limits American governments by ensuring that they do not discriminate against people based on their race, national origin, gender or other status. In the case of Plyler v. Doe, the Supreme Court struck down a law prohibiting state funding for children of illegal immigrants. The court stated, “The Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution is not confined to the protection of citizens.” Governments cannot discriminate, even if the people in question are not citizens.…
University of Missouri, Kansas City, school of law (1978). The proposed Equal Rights Admendment. Retrieved April 9, 2008, from http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrails/conlaw/era.htm…
In June 1966, a feminist named Betty Friedan and twenty-eight other women founded the National Organization for Woman (NOW). The purpose for this organization was to “take action” and have equal partnership with men. This organization became tremendously popular and had about 1,037 members by 1967. To spread their information, they created petitions, protests, and meetings. NOW law suited any companies that violated a woman’s right to equality. Resulting in their hard work and dedication, the Equal Rights Amendment was revised. It was no longer a matter of the right to vote for women, but to now be recognized as a citizen and individual. The Equal Rights Amendment was permitted by both houses of Congress and was sent to be approved by all states. This was one of the biggest steps of The Women’s Liberation Movement. NOW continued to strive for rights and reached about 100,000 members by the end of 1979. Today, NOW has about 500,000 members and 550 chapters in all 50 states. It is one of the largest organizations of feminist activists in the world (Sink…