The Proposed Equal Rights Amendment

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This CRS Report provides a brief legislative history of the proposed Equal Rights Amendment and a description of its current status. The report also contains pro and con analyses of the possible effects of ERA, were it to be ratified, and a discussion of questions raised by the action of Congress in extending the deadline for ratification and by the action of States that have voted to rescind their approval of the measure. This report is based in part on an earlier CRS report by Morrigene Holcomb and Karen Keesling.

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Gladstone, Leslie W. March 25, 1982.

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This CRS Report provides a brief legislative history of the proposed Equal
Rights Amendment and a description of its current status. The report also
contains pro and con analyses of the possible effects of ERA, were it to be
ratified, and a discussion of questions raised by the action of Congress in
extending the deadline for ratification and by the action of States that have
voted to rescind their approval of the measure.
This report is based in part on an earlier CRS report by Morrigene Holcomb
and Karen Keesling.

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44 pages.

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  • March 25, 1982

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Gladstone, Leslie W. The Proposed Equal Rights Amendment, report, March 25, 1982; Washington D.C.. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metacrs8499/: accessed March 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.

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