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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription. ## Video: What Ever Happened to the Equal Rights Amendment? [Watch (HLS stream): What Ever Happened to the Equal Rights Amendment?](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/Wp2zFoLt.m3u8) (2:10)  _Published 2015-08-25. There is still no constitutional guarantee for equal rights for women._ --- Jul 27, 2023 6:43 PM UTC --- ## More From This Series [All Videos](https://time.com/video/) [GOP DEBATE 011416: Rubio: "Second amendment is a constitutional right"](/video/HR4FUW6Q/) ### GOP DEBATE 011416: Rubio: "Second amendment is a constitutional right" [Know Right Now: Jennifer Lawrence Wrote an Essay About Pay Equality](/video/SSJwSlY5/) ### Know Right Now: Jennifer Lawrence Wrote an Essay About Pay Equality [Your Fourth Amendment Right to Privacy](/video/5RNWfl7X/) ### Your Fourth Amendment Right to Privacy --- ## Transcript [ MUSIC ] It's been 95 years since women in the US gained the right to vote. And since then, the fight for women's rights has come a long way. In the 70s, Title IX outlawed discrimination [ MUSIC ] A combination based on sex and public schools and government programs. And yet, there's actually no general Constitutional guarantee of equal rights for women. In 1972, Congress passed the equal rights Rights Amendment, or ERA, which simply states equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States, or by any state, on account of sex. But in the end, that amendment never became part of the constitution. The amendment was introduced by women's' rights activist Alice Paul in 1923. She argued that the then recent passage of the nineteenth amendment, which gave women the right to vote, would not protect women against discrimination in other areas of life. Between 1923 and 1972, the amendment was introduced in every Congressional session. Many famous feminists like Betty Friedan and Gloria Steinem staunchly supported the idea. Even First Lady Betty Ford voiced her support. It will help knock down those restrictions that have locked women in. But the Amendment was not without its opponents. And surprisingly the head of the stop ERA campaign was not a man. [ MUSIC ] But a woman leading the charge against the ERA was conservative activist Phyllis Schlafly. She argued that it would actually hurt women by forcing them to be part of the military draft and ending certain protections such as alimony after divorce. When the ERA made it out of Congress and was sent to each state to be ratified, Schlafly led a campaign to stop its momentum. Whether by her intervention or not, the amendment was only ratified by 35 of the 38 states needed to amend the Constitution. But despite the fact that it still hasn't been ratified, the Equal Rights Amendment has not been completely forgotten. The amendment has been introduced all over again in every Congress since then. 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