Word: equalize
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Equal Rights Amendment. The ERA states succinctly: "Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex." So indisputable did that proposition seem that the amendment breezed through Congress in 1972 and was ratified by 35 states. But the last three it needs are the hardest to get. None of the remaining states is a sure...
Advocates argue that a constitutional amendment would add force to the thrust for equal rights. Women would find it easier to challenge archaic laws that in some states put them at a disadvantage in such matters as inheritance and property rights. They also would be in a better position to win law suits against employers charged with discrimination in hiring and promotions. Equally important, ERA would add a certain symbolic weight to the women's movement...
...emerge from the National Women's Conference, perhaps none was more compelling than the panoply of three First Ladies of the U.S., all precisely coiffed, dressed with impeccable conservatism, ankles neatly crossed, sitting side by side at the opening session in the Sam Houston Coliseum to promote the Equal Rights Amendment. "We don't look like bomb throwers, and we don't think like that either," said Lady Bird Johnson. Yet there they were: Lyndon Johnson's widow, Betty Ford and Rosalynn Carter...
...absolutely no relevance to the ERA." Rosalynn did not specify those issues, though it would be safe to single out abortion and lesbian rights as two of the most prominent. Still, she said, "it was a historic meeting. We demonstrated that women are united in their purpose of achieving equal opportunities...
...Carpenter, former press secretary to Lady Bird Johnson, at a fund raiser for the Equal Rights Amendment, still three votes shy of passage: "If I die, don't send flowers. Just send three more states...