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Equal Rights Amendment Supporters of the Equal Rights Amendment marching in Washington, D.C., in 1978: (from left) Gloria Steinem, Dick Gregory, Betty Friedan, Elizabeth Holtzman, Barbara Mikulski, and Margaret Heckler.

Equal Rights Amendment

proposed United States legislation
Also known as: ERA
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Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), a proposed amendment to the U.S. Constitution that would invalidate many state and federal laws that discriminate against women; its central underlying principle is that sex should not determine the legal rights of men or women. The text of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) states that “equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex” and...

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