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*"The new Constitution’s promised rights were fully enjoyed only by certain white males. Women were treated according to social tradition and English common law and were denied most legal rights. In general they could not vote, own property, keep their own wages, or even have custody of their children."
*"The new Constitution’s promised rights were fully enjoyed only by certain white males. Women were treated according to social tradition and English common law and were denied most legal rights. In general they could not vote, own property, keep their own wages, or even have custody of their children."
*"... the first Woman’s Rights Convention in Seneca Falls ... a two-day meeting of 300 women and men to call for [[justice]] for women in a society where they were systematically barred from the [[rights]] and [[privilege]]s of citizens." [http://www.equalrightsamendment.org/era.htm]
*"... the first Woman’s Rights Convention in Seneca Falls ... a two-day meeting of 300 women and men to call for [[justice]] for women in a society where they were systematically barred from the [[rights]] and [[privilege]]s of citizens." [http://www.equalrightsamendment.org/era.htm]
==Canadian Equivalent==
The Canadian equivalent to the Equal Rights Amendment is known as Charter Section 28. It was ratified as a section of the constitution in 1982, and came into effect in 1985. Since then, many laws have been invalidated because they were in violation of Charter Section 28.
== References ==
== References ==