Schlafly's Campaign Against The Equal Rights Amendment

their proposed Equal Rights Amendment, feminists of the 1960s and 70s rallied once again for this change in the Constitution. The amendment, simply stating that, “Equality of rights under the law shall not be abridged by the United States or any State on account of sex,” quickly gained popularity among activists in the 1970s. This support was not surprising, as this decade was a time of great change and protest. Feminist felt that just as African Americans were gaining civil rights, women, too, should

The Boundless Push for the Equal Rights Amendment The progress that lead to the ratification process of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), in 1972, began over a century earlier. The advocates for women’s rights began their efforts in 1848 at the first Women’s Rights Convention in Seneca Falls, New York , where a meeting of 300 men and women was held which called for justice for women in a society that limited their privileges. By 1900, women had gained the right to keep their earnings and own property

Introduction This essay will explore the reasons why the anti-Equal Rights Amendment of the 1970s was successful in keeping the proposed amendment from being added to the Constitution. It starts with a discussion of the process in congress and what it took for the amendment to even reach the states for a vote, and the exact literature of the amendment. It continues by analyzing what caused the movement for the ERA, successes of the feminist movement in the 1970s and leaders in the pro ERA movement

Crystal Eastman wrote the Equal Rights Amendment. The ERA is an amendment to the United States Constitution created to guarantee equal rights amongst all citizens disregarding the sex. It specifically states “Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex”. The ERAs purpose was to end the legal distinctions between men and women in terms of divorce, property, employment, and other matters. In 1923, the amendment was introduced for

Carter’s foreign policy decisions. Reagan’s rise within the Republican Party began in 1964 during a campaign address for Barry Goldwater. Grassroots organization like Young Americans for Freedom, and the Religious Right used mass mailing and televised program to promote and spread conservative ideas. It can be argued that the Equal Right Amendment, abortion, and Sexual Revolution issues united the Religious Right and social

Organization for Women). During the second wave of feminism in America, women were fighting for occupations to no longer be gender specific, the right to abortions, and for the destruction of gender roles. From 1967 – 1983, multiple feminist organizations fought for equal rights between males and females through the use of non-violent protests. To gain their rights, women adopted sit-ins, marches, protests, court cases, and speak-outs, although many of their methods were overlooked due to the negative

movement, which had a broader and deeper influence, focused on dealing with issues which hindered legal sexual equality, rights to reproduce as well as family roles. This feminism movement is named the Second-wave feminism. It was politically powerful and influential that it obtained significant gains including the pass of the Equal Pay Act in 1963, Title IX of the Educational Amendments in 1972 (Title IX prohibited discrimination by sex in educational program or activity receiving federal financial assistance)

Six decades later in 1980, and America has experienced a deceptively lucrative economic boom, the most devastating financial crisis in world history and two World Wars and through it all, females and males alike have campaigned tirelessly for and against the advancement and equality of women, which posses the figurative million dollar question - How significant have woman’s gains been in their fight for equality by 1980? At the forefront of the argument is the societal ideology of the American

organization that was created by liberal feminists was the National Organization for women (NOW). This “civil rights organization” was created in 1966 by Betty Friedan and others. One of its first focuses was on employment equality but it also focused on maternity leave and child care: equal education; a woman’s right to control her own fertility and passage of the Equal rights Amendment to signify public recognition that women were entitled to full citizenship. All these demands promised to level

women to control their reproductive rights. While Atwood’s novel depicts a fictional place, it describes a very real reality in modern day America. In America and other parts other world, women are constantly treated as inferior to men, in regards to workplace pay, civil rights, and even access to their own reproductive