Subjects
Equal rights amendments -- United States, Women's rights -- United States, Sex discrimination against women -- Law and legislation
Abstract
The Equal Rights Amendment was a constitutional amendment that guaranteed that the "equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex." In this paper I will analyze the policy process in the critical years from the ERA's discharge from committee in 1970 to its passage through Congress in 1972 through both primary documents and scholarly opinion. By thoroughly examining the controversy over the ERA through the views and strategies of those advocating and opposing it, I will show how the momentum for social change characterized by the ERA is reflected in the governing institution of the United States, and furthermore I will illustrate how the process of amending the Constitution is used to advance or retract social agendas.
DOI
10.15760/anthos.2009.69
Creative Commons License
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Persistent Identifier
http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/12527
Recommended Citation
Yoder, Emily
(2009)
"Congress and the ERA,"
Anthós:
Vol. 1:
Iss.
1, Article 5.
https://doi.org/10.15760/anthos.2009.69
