Equal Rights for Women
Description:
Amendments to the Constitution to provide equality of rights for women have been reintroduced in every Congress from the 67th i n 1923 to the 100th in 1987. Also proposed in recent years, although not to date in the 100th Congress, has been legislation to improve women's rights without amending the Constitution: a statue to forbid enforcement of a classification based on sex -- except where necessary to achieve a “compelling state interest, " and a measure providing for selective revision of ex…
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Date:
October 14, 1987
Creator:
Gladstone, Leslie W.
Partner:
UNT Libraries Government Documents Department