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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.  Its deadline for ratification was March 22, 1979, which Congress later attempted improperly to extend to June 30, 1982.  It was the subject of an historical miniseries in 2020 entitled ''Mrs. America'', which won ten [[Emmy]] nominations.

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.  Its deadline for ratification was March 22, 1979, which Congress later attempted improperly to extend to June 30, 1982.  It was the subject of an historical miniseries in 2020 entitled ''Mrs. America'', which won ten [[Emmy]] nominations. On March 5, 2021, a district court judge for the [[District of Columbia]] held that recent ratifications by states (Nevada, Illinois, and Virginia) are after the ratification and deadline and thus invalid: these states "ratifications came after both the original and extended deadlines that Congress attached to the ERA, so the Archivist is not bound to record them as valid."<ref>https://ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show_public_doc?2020cv0242-117</ref>

ERA was stopped by a [[conservative]] grassroots movement led by [[Phyllis Schlafly]], which raised compelling objections including the following:

ERA was stopped by a [[conservative]] grassroots movement led by [[Phyllis Schlafly]], which raised compelling objections including the following: