Equal rights amendment

Using primary sources and an inquiry-based approach, students will research a civil rights movement and then share their findings in a small group, with the goal of learning about the complexities of civil rights activism that has shaped our efforts to form a more perfect union.

Women at a rally in support of the Equal Rights Amendment in Detroit’s Kennedy Square, June 30, 1981.

Women couldn't get their own credit cards until the 1970s?

Pin for Later: How Women Have Protested Through History Equal Rights Advocates in US, 1981

1970 - The Statue of Liberty Has Long Been a Magnet for Protest - A group of women rally at the Statue of Liberty in August, 1970. In the background on the Statue of Liberty reads a banner saying, “Women of the World Unite.” In 1970, feminist Betty Friedan called for a national women’s strike on August 26 to mark the 50th anniversary of the 19th Amendment, which granted U.S. women the right to vote. (Credit: Bettmann Archive/Getty Images). HISTORY

The ERA is like an old black-and-white horror film without any of the charm. You thought it was killed off in 1982 when the Supreme Court ruled that the 1979 ratification deadline had passed without the requisite approval of three-quarters of the states, but, no, like Frankenstein’s monster, “it’s alive!”

Equal Rights, Empower Women!

"The GCs of the major companies that signed on to the brief were intimately involved," said Paul Weiss partner Liza Velazquez.

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