Word: eras
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...most ERA states, rape laws have been extended to protect both men and women against sexual assault...
...states, an ERA is already at work...
...measure, but the surprising fact is that some of the answers are already in. Since 1970, 14 states-have written equal rights for women into their own state constitutions. Experience in those states, according to a report from the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, "provides an important model for ERA implementation on a national level...
...state have any unisex toilets appeared in public places as a result of the ERA. "I lived in Florida before moving to Hawaii, and the misconceptions over ERA were incredible," says Alice Ball, president of the Oahu YWCA. "I wish I could bring those people over to Hawaii to see how well it's working. ERA doesn't solve everything, but it has cleared out some of the undergrowth...
...Even in states where ERA has been approved, charting a new path is a long process of legislative codification, judicial clarification and-most of all-continuous pressure from women. Legislatures won't do the job on their own," says Bet ty Gittes, attorney and member of the Massachusetts commission to revise state laws. "The ERA is not a self-executing law, it's a constant fight." ERA states have not, however, experienced the blizzard of law suits that some ERA opponents feared...