The struggle over the Equal Rights Amendment started more than a century ago when leading suffragist Alice Paul first proposed it shortly after the ratification of the 19th Amendment, which granted ...

After World War Two, many women had to leave their jobs as men returned from fighting in the war and replaced them in the workforce. In the 1950s, more women began to challenge their roles as ...

While conservative activists praise these efforts as a return to meritocracy, left-leaning activists believe these actions ...

Charles Curtis, a Kansas Republican. Paul's original amendment text stated: “Men and women shall have equal rights throughout the United States and every place subject to its jurisdiction.

The struggle over the Equal Rights Amendment started more than a ... after the ratification of the 19th Amendment, which granted women the right to vote. The ERA, if formally recognized as the ...