Equal rights amendment
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The Equal Rights Amendment was first proposed by Alice Paul in 1923, when it was first introduced to Congress. Since then it has failed to gain momentum in the US Legislature, gaining the most probable chance of passing in 1972 before spending a decade in deliberation before its eventual failure in 1982.
Equal Rights Amendment
If you are referring to the specific proposed amendment from the 1970's, then yes, you capitalize it. If you are referring to the general concept of similar proposals, then you do not capitalize it.For example:The Equal Rights Amendment was not adopted as part of the United States Constitution because not enough states ratified it before the deadline.California and several other states have an equal rights amendment in their state constitutions.
The Equal Rights Amendment, first proposed in 1923, is still not part of the U.S. Constitution. ... The ERAhas been ratified by 35 of the necessary 38 states. When three more states vote yes, the ERA might become the 28th Amendment.
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