Phyllis Schafly led a revolt of conservative women against this amendment. On a legal note, it failed because it failed to get 2/3 approval from the states in the certification process.
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∙ 6y agoThey haven’t failed. They are still working and provide protection from discrimination.
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∙ 14y agocause of the voting
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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.
to give woman equal rights
The Right to Equal treatment under the law.
It isn’t an amendment, but a law passed in 1965 as the Civil Rights Act.
The Equal Rights Amendment
It was a failed US amendment that would have guaranteed equal rights to both men and women.
The Equal Rights Amendment was a proposed amendment that failed to be ratified by enough states. It proposed equal rights for both sexes.
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The Articles of the Constitution failed for more than one reason. One of the reasons the constitution failed was because of failing to provide political and judicial mechanisms for the protection of rights and failure to abide by the articles rules.
It was a failed US amendment that would have guaranteed equal rights to both men and women.
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They felt that women's rights were protected by other laws
The 14th amendment does concern equal rights, but it would be an error to describe it as "failed" ... it just took a while (100 years or so) to actually become effectual in practice. The proposed amendment called the Equal Rights Amendment that was never passed, and could therefore reasonably be described as "failed", would have been the 20th amendment had it passed when it was proposed, or the 27th if had passed when it was finally accepted by Congress. Since it was not ratified by a sufficient number of states to be made part of the Constitution, it doesn't HAVE a number, though it could theoretically be re-proposed as what would become the 28th Amendment were it to pass.
Supported by the National Organization for Women, this amendment would prevent all gender-based discrimination practices. However, it never passed the ratification process.
The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) is not currently part of the U.S. Constitution. It aimed to guarantee equal legal rights for all American citizens regardless of sex and was first proposed in 1923. Despite passing Congress in 1972, it failed to be ratified by enough states to become a constitutional amendment.