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GCSE History · key term
A proposed change to the US Constitution prohibiting denial of equal rights on account of sex. Congress approved it in 1972, but approval by the required number of states was also necessary.
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Paper 1
Revise: The Women's Movement and LGBTQ+ RightsWithin NOW, demands for abortion reform and an Equal Rights Amendment generated disagreement. Some feared that controversial issues would distract from employment equality; others worried that an equality amendment could remove protective labour legislation for women.
Congress approved the Equal Rights Amendment in 1972; this was not a Supreme Court ruling and did not itself make the amendment part of the Constitution.
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