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The so-called '''Equal Rights Amendment''' ('''ERA''') was a proposed amendment to the [[United States Constitution]] passed by Congress in 1972 and sent to the states for ratification with a deadline for ratification of seven years.  It was stopped by a [[conservative]] grass-roots movement that raised a number of objections, including the following:

The so-called '''Equal Rights Amendment''' ('''ERA''') was a proposed amendment to the [[United States Constitution]] passed by Congress in 1972 and sent to the states for ratification with a deadline for ratification of seven years.  It was stopped by a [[conservative]] grassroots movement led by [[Phyllis Schlafly]], which raised compelling objections including the following:

*it would require identical treatment of men and women, and boys and girls, in many other areas of life, such as high school sports, and prohibit single-sex schools and classrooms

*it would require identical treatment of men and women, and boys and girls, in many other areas of life, such as high school sports, and prohibit single-sex schools and classrooms