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When I started law school I was shocked to learn that our legal system traditionally had the man as the head and master of the family. As late as the '70s and '80s when we were fighting for the Equal Rights Amendment, states like Louisiana still had a head and master law.
Patricia Ireland

Meaning of "Equal Rights Amendment" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT

Equal Rights Amendment  [ˈiːkwəl raɪts əˈmɛndmənt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT

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Equal Rights Amendment is a noun.
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WHAT DOES EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Equal Rights Amendment

The Equal Rights Amendment was a proposed amendment to the United States Constitution designed to guarantee equal rights for women. The ERA was originally written by Alice Paul and, in 1923, it was introduced in the Congress for the first time. In 1972, it passed both houses of Congress and went to the state legislatures for ratification. The resolution in Congress that proposed the amendment set a ratification deadline of March 22, 1979. Through 1977, the amendment received 35 of the necessary 38 state ratifications. Five states later rescinded their ratifications before the 1979 deadline, though the validity of these rescissions is disputed. In 1978, a joint resolution of Congress extended the ratification deadline to June 30, 1982, but no further states ratified the amendment before the passing of the second deadline. Several feminist organizations, disputing the validity and/or the permanence of the ratification deadline, and also disputing the validity of the five rescissions, continue to work at the federal and state levels for the adoption of the ERA.

Definition of Equal Rights Amendment in the English dictionary

The definition of Equal Rights Amendment in the dictionary is a proposed amendment to the US Constitution enshrining equality between the sexes.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT


amendment
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astoundment
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attendement
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attendment
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bombardment
ˌbɒmˈbɑːdmənt
commandment
kəˈmɑːndmənt
disbandment
dɪsˈbændmənt
embedment
ɪmˈbɛdmənt
impoundment
ɪmˈpaʊndmənt
intendment
ɪnˈtɛndmənt
needment
ˈniːdmənt
oddment
ˈɒdmənt
reamendment
ˌriːəˈmɛndmənt
refundment
rɪˈfʌndmənt
remandment
rɪˈmɑːndmənt
rescindment
rɪˈsɪndmənt
secondment
sɪˈkɒndmənt
unfoldment
ʌnˈfəʊldmənt
weldment
ˈweldmənt
withholdment
wɪðˈhəʊldmənt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT

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EQ
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EQC
equability
equable
equableness
equably
equal
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
equal opportunities
Equal Opportunities Commission

WORDS THAT END LIKE EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT

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employment
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Fifth Amendment
First Amendment
infoldment
retardment

Synonyms and antonyms of Equal Rights Amendment in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translator English - Chinese

平权修正案
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Igualdad de Derechos Enmienda
570 millions of speakers

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Equal Rights Amendment
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

समान अधिकार संशोधन
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

تعديل الحقوق المتساوية
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Translator English - Russian

Равно Поправка права
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Emenda de Direitos Iguais
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সমান অধিকার সংশোধনী
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Translator English - French

Equal Rights Amendement
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Translator English - Malay

Pindaan Hak Sama Sama
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Translator English - German

Equal Rights Amendment
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

男女平等憲法修正条項
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

남녀 평등 헌법 수정안
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Translator English - Javanese

Amandemen Rights sing padha
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Translator English - Vietnamese

Sửa đổi bằng quyền
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சம உரிமைகள் திருத்தம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

समान अधिकार दुरुस्ती
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Translator English - Turkish

Eşit Haklarda Değişiklik
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Equal Rights Emendamento
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Równych praw Poprawka
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Одно Поправка права
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Equal Rights Amendament
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Translator English - Greek

Ίσα Δικαιώματα τροποποίηση
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

Gelyke regte Wysiging
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

Lika rättigheter Ändring
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

Equal Rights Amendment
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Equal Rights Amendment

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Equal Rights Amendment

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2 QUOTES WITH «EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word Equal Rights Amendment.
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Patricia Ireland
When I started law school I was shocked to learn that our legal system traditionally had the man as the head and master of the family. As late as the '70s and '80s when we were fighting for the Equal Rights Amendment, states like Louisiana still had a head and master law.
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Sonia Johnson
I liked the name of the amendment. I couldn't help feeling uneasy that the church was opposing something with a name as beautiful as the Equal Rights Amendment.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT»

Discover the use of Equal Rights Amendment in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Equal Rights Amendment and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The origins of the Equal Rights Amendment: American feminism ...
Traces the history of the National Woman's Party, a feminist lobby group organized to make Congress aware of sex discrimination during the twenties and thirties
Susan D. Becker, 1981
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Constitutional Inequality: The Political Fortunes of the ...
Traces the history of the Equal Rights Amendment, explains why it failed to pass, and assesses its chances for future passage
Gilbert Yale Steiner, 1985
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Rightfully Mine (God's Equal Rights Amendment)
'Why should the name of my father be wiped from Israel like footprints in a sandstorm because he bore only daughters?
Aggie Villanueva, 2009
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Public Women, Public Words: A Documentary History of ...
HISTORY OF THE EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT The constitutional amendment which the Commission stated it did not deem necessary to endorse in 1963 was the proposed Equal Rights Amendment. That amendment, which has been ...
Dawn Keetley, John Pettegrew, 2005
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Conflicts in Feminism
Campaigning for ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment during the 1970s, feminists who found it painful to be opposed by other groups of women were often unaware that the first proposal of that amendment in the 1920s had caused a ...
Marianne Hirsch, Evelyn Fox Keller, 1990
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What Women Want: The Ideas of the Movement
The Ideas of the Movement Gayle Graham Yates. The Equal Rights Amendment The Equal Rights Amendment to the United States Constitution passed the Senate on March 22, 1972, by a vote of 84 to 8. It had passed the House of ...
Gayle Graham Yates, 1975
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ABA Journal
In spite of a recent start in the direction of legislative change, it is unlikely that there will be a major overhaul of laws that differentiate on the basis of sex unless the proposed equal rights amendment is ratified. The "horribles" raised by ...
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Why ERA Failed: Politics, Women's Rights, and the Amending ...
leaders recognized the mistake in accepting the deadline. See for example, Gloria Steinem, Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions (New York: Holt, Rine - hart & Winston, 1983), p. 348.); Boles, The Politics of the Equal Rights Amendment, ...
Mary Frances Berry, 1988
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Affirmative Action: Catalyst Or Albatross?
Chapter 4 The Equal Rights Amendment: A Chronology Leslie W. Gladstone Summary Although some women believed that over time suffrage alone would lead to reform of sexist laws and practices, others argued that such a process would ...
S. N. Colamery, 1998
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Encyclopedia of Constitutional Amendments, Proposed ...
No amendment has been introduced in Congress more frequently than the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA). From its first introduction in 1923 three years after ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment, the amendment has been sponsored ...
John R. Vile, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Equal Rights Amendment is used in the context of the following news items.
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Here's why discarding the Confederate flag is a threat to a huge …
The Equal Rights Amendment was not so lucky. After her celebration in defeating the ERA, Phyllis Schlafly was interviewed by the Southern ... «Raw Story, Jul 15»
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Colorado Editorial Roundup
But, hey, those were the days of the Equal Rights Amendment that helped level the playing field for not only all men's sports but for the women, ... «Washington Times, Jul 15»
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Why Scrapping the Confederate Flag Is a Threat to a Huge Swath of …
The Equal Rights Amendment was not so lucky. After her celebration in defeating the ERA, Phyllis Schlafly was interviewed by the Southern ... «Truthdig, Jul 15»
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Elizabeth Ford: The Causes That Defined President Gerald Ford's …
Wade Supreme Court decision in a televised interview with Barbara Walters, and the Equal Rights Amendment. She called Roe v. Wade a ... «Newsmax, Jul 15»
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MacKenzie supported ERA, rose to be Majority Leader
... was an ardent supporter of the Equal Rights Amendment, as was Rep. Cox), social issues, funding for public education and ethics legislation. «Tallahassee.com, Jul 15»
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Former Democratic lawmaker Wayne Townsend dies at 89
During his time in the Senate, Townsend cast the deciding vote as Indiana ratified the Equal Rights Amendment. He was also active in ... «NUVO Newsweekly, Jul 15»
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Rosalynn Carter: The Causes That Defined President Jimmy …
Mrs. Carter supported the Equal Rights Amendment and traveled to states in support of it, though it was not ratified nationally, according to ... «Newsmax, Jul 15»
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We need a new Democratic party: On TPP, workers' rights and …
The women's suffrage movement needed the Nineteenth Amendment to succeed, and the failure to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment in the ... «Salon, Jul 15»
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Trailblazer: Air Force was an early stop for pioneering Northampton …
Robinson noted that the long-proposed Equal Rights Amendment has failed to win ratification from enough states to be included in the ... «GazetteNET, Jul 15»
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Meryl Streep Lobbies for Equal Rights for Women
Last week, Streep sent a letter to every member of Congress asking them to have another go at adding the equal rights amendment to the ... «AllMediaNY, Jul 15»

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