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Equal Rights Amendment In The 1970's
The Equal Rights Amendment was first introduced to congress in 1923. The national women’s party proposed this amendment to congress. The national women’s party and feminist in the 1960’s and into the beginning of the 1970’s viewed the ERA as the best way to eliminate gender based discrimination in the United States. The National Organization of Women budged for the Equal Rights Amendment to be passed in the early 1970’s. Achieving this amendment would take two steps. The first step is the congress had to propose two-thirds majority in the house and senate. The second step is that three-fourths of the states have to ratify or agree to wanting this amendment to be enforced in their state.
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