The Equal Rights Amendment: Then and Now

First proposed in 1923 – yes, nearly one hundred years ago - the Equal Rights Amendment was finally passed by the US Congress nearly 50 years later, in 1972, with a seven-year deadline for its ratification. With the deadline approaching, but the requisite 38 states not having voted to ratify, Congress approved, and President Carter signed, a three-year extension, to 1982. Several states and the US Congress are now revisiting the ERA, raising a variety of issues.

Featuring:

Steven Andersson, Founder, GOP4ERA.org

Jennifer Braceras, Director, Independent Women's Law Center

Moderator: Hon. Eileen J. O'Connor, Law Office of Eileen J. O'Connor, PLLC

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[ThePattersonPod]

Thanks for the informing discussion. The push towards an androgynous society is so destructive. Some of that push could be seen with the apologizing for using “sexist” terms like firemen and policeman. Folks, we are not interchangeable widgets. Men and women are made for different things. It’s harmful to both to say otherwise.