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
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The Equal Rights Amendment Essay What could be more important than the equality of rights for all American citizens? Women have tried without success for 80 years to be acknowledged as equals in our Constitution through an Equal Rights Amendment (ERA). Currently there is nothing in the United States Constitution that guarantees a woman the same rights as a man. The only equality women have with men is the right to vote. In order to protect women’s rights on the same level as men‚ I am in favor
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The idea for an equal rights amendment did not come about until the middle part of the twentieth century. An amendment was proposed after World War II in an attempt to gain equality between men and women. Often times‚ women were viewed as weaker and inferior to the male sex. Women’s rights groups were formed to prevent people from discriminating against women. These groups not only believed that women should be better treated by men‚ but they believed women should have the same legal opportunities
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The Equal Rights Amendment "Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex." In 1923‚ this statement was admitted to Congress under the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA). The ERA was a proposed amendment to the United States Constitution granting equality between men and women under the law. If the Era was passed‚ it would have made unconstitutional any laws that grant one sex different rights than the other
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over themselves." The Women’s Rights Movement has consumed the nation since the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848‚ where Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott began advocating for women’s suffrage in the United States. Since then‚ the Nineteenth Amendment has passed through Congress and granted women the constitutional right to vote. Despite the achievements of the crusade‚ women continue to face sexual discrimination. In fact‚ some believe the Equal Rights Amendment‚ proposed in 1923 by Alice Paul
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The Equal rights Amendment Throughout American history men oppressed women mentally‚ physically‚ and politically. By 1920‚ women got the right to vote under the 19th amendment. After women gained suffrage‚ Alice Paul an American suffragist‚ wrote the Equal Rights Amendment. Ultimately‚ the Equal Rights Amendment‚ which would have boosted gender equality‚ was not ratified because of the conservatives and the male domination of the State Legislature. The original seven-year time limit was extended
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Discussion 5 The Equal Rights Amendment The 14th Amendment to the Constitution states that “all persons born or naturalized in the United States” are granted citizenship‚ which included slaves. Additionally‚ the 14th Amendment declares that states cannot deny any person “life‚ liberty or property‚ without due process of law” and that a state could not “deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.” This amendment basically outlined who is a citizen of the United States
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IB ToK II 2 December 2014 Why was Hitler defeated? There were many factors why Hitler was defeated‚ the most important being the entry of the US into war in 1942 and the fact that Germany was fighting a 3 front war. By 1940‚ Germany had already gained control of all of Western Europe and was winning the majority of battles against the Soviey Union in the Eastern front. Only Britain hadn’t been invaded and was fighting against Germany.
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Since 1789 only twenty-seven of the thirty-three proposed constitutional amendments were successfully ratified. This means that there are six amendments that failed to be ratified. Those six proposed constitutional amendments are caught in limbo‚ surviving the first part of the process only to be suspended in the ratification process. Some of these amendments have time restrictions while others do not. Of the six amendments that failed to be ratified only four are still viable today as the time extensions
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The Equal Rights Amendment‚ or ERA‚ was a suggested amendment to the United States constitution constructed to guarantee equal rights for women. The amendment‚ originally written by Alice Paul and Crystal Eastman in 1923 and sponsored by the National Women’s Party‚ was introduced in every assembly of Congress until it passed in 1972. It stated that equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex. Both Republican and Democrat
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